hydraulic
adjectifverbeattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//haɪˈdɹɒlɪk//
- États-Unis//haɪˈdɹɔːlɪk//
Pertaining to water.
adjectif
- 1
Pertaining to water.
Tho' there are but seventeen feet water^([sic]) in the channel, I have seen vessels of five hundred ton enter into it. I know not why this entrance is left so neglected, as we are not in want of able engineers in France, in the hydraulic branch, a part of the mathematics to which I have most applyed^([sic]) myself.
- 2
Related to, or operated by, hydraulics.
A hydraulic press is operated by the differential pressure of water on pistons of different dimensions.
- 3
Able to set underwater.
hydraulic gypsum; hydraulic cements
Étymologie
From French hydraulique, from Latin hydraulicus, from Ancient Greek ὑδραυλικός (hudraulikós, “of a water organ”), from ὕδραυλις (húdraulis, “water organ”), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + αὐλός (aulós, “pipe”).
verbe
- 1
To mine using the technique of hydraulic mining.
Formes
- passé
- hydraulicked
- participe passé
- hydraulicked
- participe présent
- hydraulicking
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- hydraulics