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hygraulic

/haɪˈɡɹɔːlɪk/

hygraulic adjective: hydraulic.

Adjective

hygraulic (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Hydraulic.
    • Hygraulic,…of or pertaining to Pipes or Conveyances for Water.1730–6, Nathan Bailey, Dictionarium Britannicum, “Hygraulic”
    • The animal…is an hygraulic body.1756, Charles Lucas, An Essay on Waters, book I, page 2

Origin of hygraulic

Formed as hygr- + the second element of (hydr)aulic, as if after the Ancient Greek *ὑγραυλικός (hugraulikós).

Questions about hygraulic

What does hygraulic mean?
Hygraulic means hydraulic.
What part of speech is hygraulic?
Hygraulic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce hygraulic?
Hygraulic is pronounced /haɪˈɡɹɔːlɪk/.

Words near hygraulic in the dictionary

  1. hygienizing
  2. hygiologist
  3. hygiologists
  4. hygiology
  5. hygr-
  6. hygraulic
  7. hygric
  8. hygrine
  9. hygrines
  10. hygristor
  11. hygristors

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