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Webster 1913 Edition


Hydraulics

Hy-drau′lics

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
hydraulique
.]
That branch of science, or of engineering, which treats of fluids in motion, especially of water, its action in rivers and canals, the works and machinery for conducting or raising it, its use as a prime mover, and the like.
☞ As a science, hydraulics includes hydrodynamics, or the principles of mechanics applicable to the motion of water; as a branch of engineering, it consists in the practical application of the mechanics of fluids to the control and management of water with reference to the wants of man, including canals, waterworks, hydraulic machines, pumps, water wheels, etc. Some writers treat hydraulics and hydrostatics as subdivisions of hydrodynamics.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hydraulics

HYDRAUL'ICS

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Noun.
The science of the motion and force of fluids, and of the construction of all kinds of instruments and machines by which the force of fluids is applied to practical purposes; a branch of hydrostatic.
Hydraulics is that branch of the science of hydrodynamics which treats of fluids considered as in motion.

Definition 2024


hydraulics

hydraulics

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hydraulics (uncountable)

  1. The engineering science that deals with practical applications where liquid is in motion and transmits energy.
  2. The hydraulic system of a vehicle or other machine.

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