hydraulics

Questions about hydraulics

What does hydraulics mean?

hydraulics means "study of the mechanics of fluids".

How many syllables are in hydraulics?

hydraulics has 3 syllables: hy-drau-lics. The stress falls on "drau". In IPA it is /haɪˈdɹɔlɪks/.

What is another word for hydraulics?

Close synonyms include fluid mechanics. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hydraulics a common word?

hydraulics is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.