adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hydraulic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /haɪˈdɹɒlɪk/
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US: /haɪˈdɹɔːlɪk/
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adj
Meaning 2
Related to, or operated by, hydraulics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- A hydraulic press is operated by the differential pressure of water on pistons of different dimensions.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To mine using the technique of hydraulic mining.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to the study of hydraulics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- hydraulic engineer
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adjective
Meaning 5
moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- hydraulic erosion
- hydraulic brakes
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History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: во́ден (vóden) — having to do with water
- Catalan: hidràulic — having to do with water
- Chinese Mandarin: 水力的 (shuǐlì de) — having to do with water
- French: hydraulique — having to do with water
- Galician: hidráulico — having to do with water
- German: Wasser- — having to do with water
- German: wasserkundlich — having to do with water
- Indonesian: hidraulis — having to do with water
- Italian: idraulico — having to do with water
- Malay: hidraulik — having to do with water
- Persian: آبفشاری (âbfešâri) — having to do with water
- Persian: هیدرولیک (hidrolik) — having to do with water
- Polish: hydrauliczny — having to do with water
- Spanish: hidráulico — having to do with water
- Armenian: ջրաբաշխական (ǰrabašxakan) — related to hydraulics
- Asturian: hidráulicu — related to hydraulics
- Belarusian: гідраўлі́чны (hidrawlíčny) — related to hydraulics
- Bulgarian: хидравли́чен (hidravlíčen) — related to hydraulics
- Catalan: hidràulic — related to hydraulics
- Chinese Mandarin: 液壓 /液压 (yèyā) — related to hydraulics
- Czech: hydraulický — related to hydraulics
- Danish: hydraulisk — related to hydraulics
- Dutch: hydraulisch — related to hydraulics
- Finnish: hydraulinen — related to hydraulics
- French: hydraulique — related to hydraulics
- Galician: hidráulico — related to hydraulics
- German: hydraulisch — related to hydraulics
- Hungarian: hidraulikus — related to hydraulics
- Indonesian: hidraulis — related to hydraulics
- Italian: idraulico — related to hydraulics
- Kazakh: гидравликалық (gidravlikalyq) — related to hydraulics
- Latvian: hidraulisks — related to hydraulics
- Malay: hidraulik — related to hydraulics
- Norwegian Bokmål: hydraulisk — related to hydraulics
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hydraulisk — related to hydraulics
- Persian: هیدرولیکی (hidroliki) — related to hydraulics
- Polish: hydrauliczny — related to hydraulics
- Portuguese: hidráulico — related to hydraulics
- Russian: гидравли́ческий (gidravlíčeskij) — related to hydraulics
- Slovak: hydraulický — related to hydraulics
- Spanish: hidráulico — related to hydraulics
- Swedish: hydraulisk — related to hydraulics
- Ukrainian: гідравлі́чний (hidravlíčnyj) — related to hydraulics
- Vietnamese: thuỷ lực — related to hydraulics
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