different between hydro vs hydraulic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (húd?r, “water”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

hydro (not comparable)

1. hydroelectric
2. hydroponic

   hydro watercress

Noun

hydro (countable and uncountable, plural hydros)

1. (uncountable) hydroelectric power
2. (Canada, uncountable) electrical power supply; specifically, electrical power provided by a utility (as a publicly-owned one); payment or bills for this.

   I won't have lights until my house gets the hydro turned on.

   She was having trouble paying the hydro.

   He crashed his car against a hydro pole.

3. (Britain, countable, dated) A spa.
   • 1909, Rudyard Kipling, The House Surgeon

     She almost lived at hotels and hydros, last year, but that isn't pleasant for her.

4. (countable, aviation, obsolete) Abbreviation of hydroaeroplane.

Translations

Anagrams

• Rhody

English

Alternative forms

• hydraulick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French hydraulique, from Latin hydraulicus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (hudraulikós, “of a water organ”), from ???????? (húdraulis, “water organ”), from ???? (húd?r, “water”) +? ????? (aulós, “pipe”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ha??d??l?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ha??d???l?k/

Adjective

hydraulic (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to water. [from early 17th c.]
   • M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47

2. Related to, or operated by, hydraulics.

Derived terms

• diesel-hydraulic
• hygraulic
• hydraulic organ

Translations

Verb

hydraulic (third-person singular simple present hydraulics, present participle hydraulicking, simple past and past participle hydraulicked)

1. (transitive) To mine using the technique of hydraulic mining.

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