hydraulic
Pertaining to water.
Other meanings
Related to, or operated by, hydraulics.
“A hydraulic press is operated by the differential pressure of water on pistons of different dimensions.”
Related words
- diesel-hydraulic
- aeraulic
- airdraulic
- electrohydraulic
- fueldraulic
- glaciohydraulic
- handraulic
- hydraucone
- hydrauger
- hydraulically
- hydraulician
- hydraulicity
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ὑδραυλικός" (of a water organ).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hydraulic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.