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hydraulical

hydraulical is the archaic form of hydraulic.

Meaning of hydraulic

Adjective

hydraulic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to water.
    • Tho' there are but seventeen feet water^([sic]) in the channel, I have seen vessels of five hundred ton enter into it. I know not why this entrance is left so neglected, as we are not in want of able engineers in France, in the hydraulic branch, a part of the mathematics to which I have most...1757, Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, History of Louisiana, page 47
  2. Related to, or operated by, hydraulics.
    • A hydraulic press is operated by the differential pressure of water on pistons of different dimensions.
  3. Able to set underwater.
    • hydraulic gypsum; hydraulic cements

See all 4 meanings of hydraulic

Questions about hydraulical

What is hydraulical the archaic form of?
Hydraulical is the archaic form of hydraulic.

Words near hydraulical in the dictionary

  1. hydraulic radius
  2. hydraulic ram
  3. hydraulic rams
  4. hydraulic retention time
  5. hydraulic retention times
  6. hydraulical
  7. hydraulically
  8. hydraulician
  9. hydraulicians
  10. hydraulicities
  11. hydraulicity

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