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English
Etymology
Formed as hygr- + the second element of (hydr)aulic, as if after the Ancient Greek *ὑγραυλικός (hugraulikós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haɪˈɡɹɔːlɪk/, /haɪˈɡɹɒlɪk/
Adjective
hygraulic (not comparable)
- (obsolete, rare) Hydraulic.
- 1730–6, Nathan Bailey, Dictionarium Britannicum, “Hygraulic”:
- Hygraulic,…of or pertaining to Pipes or Conveyances for Water.
1756, Charles Lucas, An Essay on Waters, book I, page 2:The animal…is an hygraulic body.
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