hydraulic engineering
- noun
- /haɪˈdrɔːlɪk ˌɛn.dʒɪˈnɪr.ɪŋ/
- Specialized
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ingeniería hidráulica
- Innovations in hydraulic engineering have greatly improved water supply systems in urban areas.
It was a vibrant city with, with a lot of, especially in terms of hydraulic engineering.
- It was a vibrant city with, with a lot of, especially in terms of hydraulic engineering.
Examples
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It has always been puzzling why and how the humble water mill, an ancient machine of hydraulic engineering, became a subject of Northern Song court painting, since the primary art patrons and critics were still emperors, aristocrats, and scholar-officials.
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In any event, both the astronomical clock and the water mill were machines of hydraulic engineering.
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Since then he'd learned a lot more about this bold type of hydraulic engineering.
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The architects employed hydraulic engineering that is complex even by today's standards.
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The eleven imperial water mill visits testify to the Northern Song founders' keen interest in the science of hydraulic engineering.
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The present study will examine the Northern Song emperors' patronage of water mills and other innovations of hydraulic engineering.
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The period of the Northern Song was fertile in scientific advances and technological innovations, in hydraulic engineering in particular, as research in science and technology was backed and financed by the government.
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Su Song's construction of the new astronomical clock began in 1088, and two years later the completed clock provided the court with a spectacle of hydraulic engineering.
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The availability of abundant water and the advancement of hydraulic engineering made milling an increasingly profitable industry toward the late tenth century, and the state was determined to take the lion's share of the revenue.
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Chanson (2004) found that including fieldwork as a method of teaching hydraulic engineering topics to Australian undergraduates enhanced both the value of the fieldwork to students and its relevance to employers.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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The study and use of moving liquids to make machines work
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'hydraulic' relates to liquids/pressure of liquids and 'engineering' denotes a field of applied science, so together they denote the branch of engineering dealing with water/fluids. This is a common, cross-linguistic compound (e.g. Spanish 'ingeniería hidráulica'), so a learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Hydraulic engineering comes from the simple idea of using machines and channels to move and 'control' water, where hydraulic points to water and engineering is the work of building and designing. Think of engineers making dams, canals and pumps to guide flowing water, so the phrase means 'the area of engineering that deals with moving water'.