hydraulic
adjective · verb
Simple meaning
Related to, or operated by.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
hydrawlikSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
haɪdˈɹɔlɪk
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
adjective
Related to, or operated by, hydraulics.
Pertaining to water.
verb
transitive
To mine using the technique of hydraulic mining.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Related to, or operated by, hydraulics.
Used this way, hydraulic is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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More ways to use hydraulic
- “The car lift used a powerful hydraulic system to raise vehicles.”
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
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Study of the mechanics of fluids.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Brake system in which a brake pedal moves a piston in the master cylinder.
A cement that hardens under water.
The branch of civil engineering dealing with the use and control of water in motion.
Press in which a force applied by a piston to a small area is transmitted through water to another piston having a large area.
A water pump that uses the kinetic energy of flowing water to force a small fraction of that water to a reservoir at a higher level.
A water pump that uses the kinetic energy of flowing water to force a small fraction of that water to a reservoir at a higher level.
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