hydrodynamic
adjEtymology From hydro- + dynamic.
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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Of, or relating to the science of hydrodynamics.
- 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, [...].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:
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Operated by the force of water in motion.
- Derived terms
- aerohydrodynamic, ecohydrodynamic, elastohydrodynamic, electrohydrodynamic, hydrodynamically, hydrodynamicist, magnetohydrodynamic, microhydrodynamic, nematohydrodynamic, nonhydrodynamic, non-hydrodynamic
- Related terms
- dynamic, hydrostatic