Meaning of hydraulic ram | Babel Free

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.

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.”

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