hydraulics

English

Alternative forms

• hydraulicks (obsolete)

Etymology

From hydraulic +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /haɪˈdɹɒlɪks/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /haɪˈdɹɔːlɪks/

Noun

hydraulics (uncountable)

1. The engineering science that deals with practical applications where liquid is in motion and transmits energy.
2. The hydraulic system of a vehicle or other machine.

Translations

engineering science that deals with liquid in motion

• Arabic: ميكانيك السوائل
• Armenian: ջրաբաշխություն (hy) (ǰrabašxutʻyun), հիդրավլիկա (hy) (hidravlika)
• Belarusian: гідра́ўліка f (hidráŭlika)
• Catalan: hidràulica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水力學／水力学 (zh) (shuǐlìxué)

• Czech: hydraulika f
• Danish: hydraulik (da) c
• Dutch: hydraulica (nl) f, stromingsleer (nl) f
• Finnish: hydrauliikka (fi)
• French: hydraulique (fr) f
• Georgian: ჰიდრავლიკა (ka) (hidravliḳa)
• German: Hydraulik (de) f
• Greek: υδραυλική (el) f (ydravlikí)
• Hindi: द्रविकी f (dravikī), द्रवविज्ञान m (dravvijñān)
• Hungarian: hidraulika (hu)
• Indonesian: hidrolika (id), hidraulika (id)
• Italian: idraulica (it) f
• Japanese: 水理学 (すいりがく, suirigaku)
• Latvian: hidraulika f
• Malay: hidraulik (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hydraulikk m

  Nynorsk: hydraulikk m

• Persian: هیدرولیک (fa) (hidrolik)
• Polish: hydraulika (pl) f
• Portuguese: hidráulica (pt) f
• Russian: гидра́влика (ru) f (gidrávlika)
• Spanish: hidráulica (es) f
• Swedish: hydraulik (sv) c
• Tagalog: danumsigwasan
• Ukrainian: гідра́вліка f (hidrávlika)
• Vietnamese: thuỷ lực học

Further reading

• hydraulics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia