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hydraulic

[hahy-draw-lik, -drol-ik] / haɪˈdrɔ lɪk, -ˈdrɒl ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
moved by fluid under pressure
Synonyms
STRONG
hydromechanical
WEAK


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“It’s like a hydraulic system. It really is very much like the jacks that push your car up, or something that an excavator might have,” Drew said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

So the idea that there would be madcap antics between the captains of the steel-hulled crab boats, with their enormous holds, hydraulic cranes and steel decks, seems silly.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Drew, who is also associate director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, compared the process to a hydraulic system.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

The chassis is mounted on hydraulic pillars, so that it gives a sensation of movement in terms of pitch and roll and bumps and so on.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The computers were passing underneath a bizarre machine—cantilevers, wires, and hydraulic arms.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz



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