hydraulic
adjective
- pertaining to water
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /haɪˈdɹɒlɪk/ / /haɪˈdɹɔːlɪk/
adj
Etymology: 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”).
- 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.”
- Related to, or operated by, hydraulics.
“A hydraulic press is operated by the differential pressure of water on pistons of different dimensions.”
verb
Etymology: 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”).
- To mine using the technique of hydraulic mining.