Hydraulics
[haɪ'drɔːlɪks;-'drɒlɪks] or [haɪ'drɔlɪks]
Definition
(n.) 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.
Checked by Antoine
Examples
- In hydraulics there are rams, water closets, pumps, and turbine water wheels. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The science of Hydraulics appears to be as old as the thirst of man. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is a question of hydraulics, you see, and came within my own province. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Edited by Denny