hydraulic : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a locomotive driven by a hydraulic transmission system powered by a diesel engine
  diesel-hydraulic.
  

WordNet

• noun a locomotive driven by a hydraulic transmission system powered by a diesel engine
  diesel-hydraulic.
  

WordNet

• an accumulator for hydraulic machinery of any kind. See Accumulator, 2.

Webster 1913

• noun brake system in which a brake pedal moves a piston in the master cylinder; brake fluid then applies great force to the brake pads or shoes
  hydraulic brake.
  

WordNet

• a cataract. See Cataract, 3.

Webster 1913

• noun a cylinder that contains brake fluid that is compressed by a piston
  brake cylinder; master cylinder.
  

WordNet

• noun brake system in which a brake pedal moves a piston in the master cylinder; brake fluid then applies great force to the brake pads or shoes
  hydraulic brake.
  

WordNet

• noun a cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result
  Portland cement.
  

WordNet

• a cement or mortar made of hydraulic lime, which will harden under water.

Webster 1913

• a lift operated by the weight or pressure of water.

Webster 1913

• noun the branch of civil engineering dealing with the use and control of water in motion
  

WordNet

• . See under Jack.

Webster 1913

• quicklime obtained from hydraulic limestone, and used for cementing under water, etc.

Webster 1913

• a limestone which contains some clay, and which yields a quicklime that will set, or form a firm, strong mass, under water.

Webster 1913

• (Gas Works), a horizontal pipe containing water at the bottom into which the ends of the pipes from the retorts dip, for passing the gas through water in order to remove ammonia.

Webster 1913

• a system of mining in which the force of a jet of water is used to wash down a bank of gold-bearing gravel or earth. Pacific Coast

Webster 1913

• noun press in which a force applied by a piston to a small area is transmitted through water to another piston having a large area
  

WordNet

• a hydrostatic press. See under Hydrostatic.

Webster 1913

• a device for propelling ships by means of a stream of water ejected under water rearward from the ship.

Webster 1913

• noun 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
  hydraulic pump.
  

WordNet

• noun 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
  hydraulic pump.
  

WordNet

• a machine for raising water by means of the energy of the moving water of which a portion is to be raised. When the rush of water through the main pipe d shuts the valve at a, the momentum of the current thus suddenly checked forces part of it into the air chamber b, and up the pipe c, its return being prevented by a valve at the entrance to the air chamber, while the dropping of the valve a by its own weight allows another rush through the main pipe, and so on alternately.

Webster 1913

• noun a mechanism operated by the resistance offered or the pressure transmitted when a liquid is forced through a small opening or tube
  

WordNet

• noun a transmission that depends on a hydraulic system
  hydraulic transmission.
  

WordNet

• noun a transmission that depends on a hydraulic system
  hydraulic transmission.
  

WordNet

• . (Mach.) (a) A valve for regulating the distribution of water in the cylinders of hydraulic elevators, cranes, etc. (b) (Gas Works) An inverted cup with a partition dipping into water, for opening or closing communication between two gas mains, the open ends of which protrude about the water.

Webster 1913