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Meaning of hydraulic ram | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hydraulic, ram.
  2. A water pump in which a flow of water is intermittently halted by a valve so that the flow is forced upward through an open pipe, usually into a reservoir.
  3. A hydraulic cylinder with a piston activated by pumping hydraulic fluid into the cylinder.

Equivalents

Suomi vesioinas

Examples

“The lifts are operated by means of a hydraulic ram with wire ropes, which derives its pressure from a small pump driven by an electric motor.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

hydraulic retention time Hydraulical Hydraulically hydraulician hydraulicity hydraulicking

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