hydraulic

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.]

hydraulically hy·drau'li·cal·ly adv.

hydraulic

A descriptive term for a system operated or moved by a fluid. The hydraulic jack, in which force is transmitted from a handle by means of a heavy oil, is probably the most familiar hydraulic de vice.

IN BRIEF: Worked by the force of a moving liquid.

A hydraulic lift can raise very heavy objects high into the air.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil)
  Pertains to noun: water (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: of or relating to the study of hydraulics
  Pertains to noun: hydraulics (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hydraulisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
hydraulisch, waterbouwkundig, hydrotechnisch

Français (French)
adj. - hydraulique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hydraulisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υδραυλικός, υδραυλικής ενεργείας

Italiano (Italian)
idraulica, idraulico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - hidráulico

Русский (Russian)
гидравлический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - hidráulica, hidráulico, hidromecánico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hydraulisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
水力的, 水压的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 水力的, 水壓的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 수력학의, 수력의, 물속에서 경화하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 水力式の, 水圧の, 油圧の, 水中で硬化する, 水力の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) هيدروليكي مدار محرك بواسطه الماء, متعلق بعلم السوائل المتحركه, الهيدروليكا متعلق بالمياه أو السوائل المتحركه, مكتسب صلابه تحت الماء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של לחץ מים, הידרולי, מתקשה תחת מים‬

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