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hydraulically

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hy·drau·lic  (h-drôlk)
adj.
1. Of, involving, moved by, or operated by a fluid, especially water, under pressure.
2. Able to set and harden under water, as Portland cement.
3. Of or relating to hydraulics.

[Latin hydraulicus, from Greek hudraulikos, from hudraulis, water organ : hudro-, hudr-, hydro- + aulos, pipe, flute.]

hy·drauli·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.hydraulically - in a hydraulic manner; "the block is then tested hydraulically to its full design test pressure on each stream separately"


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