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hydraulic rams

hydraulic rams is the plural of hydraulic ram.

Meaning of hydraulic ram

Noun

hydraulic ram (plural hydraulic rams)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hydraulic, ram.
  2. A water pump in which a flow of water is intermittently halted by a valve so that the flow is forced upward through an open pipe, usually into a reservoir.
    Synonyms:
    hydram
  3. A hydraulic cylinder with a piston activated by pumping hydraulic fluid into the cylinder.
    • The lifts are operated by means of a hydraulic ram with wire ropes, which derives its pressure from a small pump driven by an electric motor.1961 October, “Car carriage by rail - at home and abroad: 1. New B.R. "covered wagons"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 596

Questions about hydraulic rams

What is hydraulic rams the plural of?
Hydraulic rams is the plural of hydraulic ram.

Words near hydraulic rams in the dictionary

  1. hydraulic press
  2. hydraulic presses
  3. hydraulic radii
  4. hydraulic radius
  5. hydraulic ram
  6. hydraulic rams
  7. hydraulic retention time
  8. hydraulic retention times
  9. hydraulical
  10. hydraulically
  11. hydraulician

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