About The Word Hydraulics
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Hydraulics
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What's The Definition Of Hydraulics?
[n] study of the mechanics of fluids
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hydraulics: fluid mechanics Related Terms | Find terms related to Hydraulics: beverage | blood | drink | fluid | fluid extract | fluid mechanics | fluidics | hydrodynamics | hydrogeology | hydrography | hydrology | hydromechanics | hydrometry | hydrostatics | juice | latex | liquid | liquid extract | liquor | milk | sap | semiliquid | water | whey See Also | hydrodynamics | hydrokinetics | hydrostatics | mechanics Hydraulics In Webster's Dictionary \Hy*drau"lics\, n. [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.
Note: 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.
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