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English
Etymology
From hydro- + dynamic.
Adjective
hydrodynamic (not comparable)
- (physics) Of, or relating to the science of hydrodynamics.
1961 October, David W. Beadle, “Krauss-Maffei 4,000 h.p. diesel-hydraulic unit for the U.S.A. on trial”, in Trains Illustrated, page 619:On the descent from Semmering to Payerbach-Reichenau, with a ruling gradient of 1 in 39 [...], the Voith hydrodynamic brake kept the train within the 19 and 23 m.p.h. limitations without recourse to air brakes, [...].
- Operated by the force of water in motion.
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to the science of hydrodynamics
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