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hydraulic definition

hy·drau·lic (hī drô′lik, -drä′-)

adjective

  1. of hydraulics
  2. operated by the movement and force of liquid; specif., operated by the pressure created when a liquid is forced through an aperture, tube, etc. hydraulic brakes
  3. setting or hardening under water hydraulic mortar

Etymology: Fr hydraulique < L hydraulicus < Gr hydraulikos, of a water organ < hydraulis, water organ < hydōr, water + aulos, tube, pipe < IE base *aulos > (with metathesis) L alvus, the belly

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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