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hydraulic

adjective as in moved by fluid under pressure

Strong match

  • hydromechanical

Weak match

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Example Sentences

Plus, if space is limited, this treadmill can be easily folded with the hydraulic-assisted lift, which reduces the weight of the deck when being raised and lowered.

But, if you have the benefit of splitting wood with a hydraulic log splitter, you can do it at whatever stage you choose.

It takes about 14 seconds for a hydraulic piston to drive the log into a fixed wedge and return to the ready position.

Before the sensors came into use, the hydraulic models that administrators like Gilot used had to assume uniform rainfall across the whole city.

We were to limb the crowns of fallen trees, cut the trunks into manageable rounds, and then schlep these to hydraulic wood-splitting machines, where a crew member would crank out triangular wedges.

New York blinks in the face of uncertainty and bans hydraulic fracturing.

Or maybe a book about renting a hydraulic lift and painting the house.

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is still somewhat of a mystery to most of the country.

The title poem rushes forward with a gorgeous hydraulic motion, as if Proust had been sped up and turned into a Town Car.

The increase is largely attributed to more drilling and the sharp rise of hydraulic fracturing in the U.S.

Pressed bricks, moulded under hydraulic pressure, and much used for facing work.

It has been proved by hydraulic tests that good bricklayers' work can be executed at the latter minimum.

Grey stone lime is feebly hydraulic, and makes a good mortar for ordinary work.

At Sunderland, the bridge is first lifted by a hydraulic press so as to clear the roadway behind, and is then rolled back.

The bridge is worked by hydraulic power, an accumulator with a load of 34 tons supplying pressure water at 630 lb per sq. in.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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