Phrase Hound found 33 phrases and 25 compound words that contain hydraulic. The most common are listed below. Open hydraulic in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 33
- hydraulic conductivityA material property (e.g., for rocks or soil) that describes the rate which water can flow through pore spaces or fractures. SI units: m/s.
- hydraulic engineeringA sub-discipline of civil engineering concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water and sewage.
- hydraulic fracturingA technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well (or similar) in order to create fractures in the oil-bearing rock and thus release more oil.
- hydraulic pressA machine that generates compression force using hydraulic cylinders.
- diesel-hydraulicPowered by a diesel engine via a hydraulic transmission.
- hydraulic radiusFor a porous material, the ratio of porosity (ratio of volume of interstitial space filled with fluid to volume of material) to specific surface area (ratio of surface area in contact with fluid to volume of material); for a pipe or …
- hydraulic ramUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hydraulic, ram.
- hydraulic retention timea measure of the average length of time that a soluble compound remains in a constructed reactor
- hydraulic fluidA synthetic or mineral-based fluid that transfers power in hydraulic equipment and machinery.
- hydraulic jumpA phenomenon where a high-velocity liquid flow abruptly slows down upon entering a zone of lower velocity, causing a sudden rise in the liquid surface.
- hydraulic miningA form of mining that uses pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment.
- hydraulic oilSynonym of hydraulic fluid: A synthetic or mineral-based fluid that transfers power in hydraulic equipment and machinery.
- hydraulic organSynonym of water organ: A form of pipe organ in which the air is generated by moving water.
- hydraulic cementA cement or mortar made of hydraulic lime, which will harden underwater.
- hydraulic limequicklime obtained from hydraulic limestone, and used for cementing underwater, etc.
- hydraulic fluidsplural of hydraulic fluid: A synthetic or mineral-based fluid that transfers power in hydraulic equipment and machinery.
- hydraulic ramsplural of hydraulic ram: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hydraulic, ram.
- hydraulic KeynesianismA type of Keynesianism that assumes homogeneous macroeconomic aggregates and uses that assumption in relation to the Phillips curve to exploit a trade-off between inflation and unemployment, typically prioritising low unemployment at the …
- hydraulic pressesplural of hydraulic press: A machine that generates compression force using hydraulic cylinders.
- hydraulic beltAn arrangement for lifting water, consisting of an endless belt fitted with buckets which empty as they turn over an upper wheel.
- hydraulic oilsplural of hydraulic oil: A synthetic or mineral-based fluid that transfers power in hydraulic equipment and machinery.
- non-hydraulicAlternative form of nonhydraulic: Not hydraulic.
- hydraulic beltsplural of hydraulic belt: An arrangement for lifting water, consisting of an endless belt fitted with buckets which empty as they turn over an upper wheel.
- hydraulic organsplural of hydraulic organ: A form of pipe organ in which the air is generated by moving water.
- hydraulic limestoneA limestone which contains some clay, and which yields a quicklime that will set, or form a firm, strong mass, underwater.
Compound words 25
- electrohydraulicBoth electric and hydraulic.
- aeraulicRelating to the transmission of energy via pressurised air
- glaciohydraulicOf or relating to a supercooling effect by which flow and pressure at the base of a glacier allow water to remains liquid below the temperature at which it would otherwise freeze.
- hydraulicianOne who studies hydraulics.
- hydraulicityThe condition of being hydraulic
- microhydraulicOf or pertaining to microhydraulics.
- airdraulicBoth pneumatic and hydraulic.
- fueldraulicBeing or relating to a fuel-based hydraulic system.
- handraulicManual; operated by hand.
- hydrauconeA form of draft tube used with a hydroturbine, having a bell-mouth shape and a flat plate deflector near the mouth.