Hydraulic: alternatives and connections

A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and th…

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; a…

forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids)

A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut.

A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.

A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.

A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust.…

The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.

a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "‘won't’ is a contraction of ‘will not’"; "‘o'clock’ is a c…

(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a r…

To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully.

Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carriage; especially, manner of acting with respect to the cou…

The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers…

landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out; "the ship a…

A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch fro…

a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline

A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.

Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small proje…