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Hydraulic vs Hydroengineering - What's the difference?

hydraulic | hydroengineering |

As an adjective hydraulic

is pertaining to water.

As a noun hydroengineering is

hydraulic engineering.

hydraulic

English

Alternative forms

* hydraulick (obsolete)

Adjective

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  • Pertaining to water
    • I know not why this entrance is left so neglected, as we are not in want of able engineers in France, in the hydraulic branch, a part of the mathematics to which I have most applyed myself. — M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisisana (PG), p. 47
  • Related to hydraulics

    • Derived terms

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    hydroengineering

    English

    Noun

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  • hydraulic engineering
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 6, author=Sharon Lafraniere, title=Possible Link Between Dam and China Quake, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“The earthquake research community outside and inside China has widely accepted the notion that the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake was a huge natural disaster caused by massive crustal movement, because no reservoir triggered-quake with a magnitude eight has ever occurred in history,” said Pan Jiazheng, an expert in hydroengineering , according to a translation published by Probe International. }}