WordNet
n. a mechanism operated by the resistance offered or the pressure transmitted when a liquid is forced through a small opening or tube
Usage examples of "hydraulic system".
He was watching two hydraulic system failure-warning lights and two engine overspeed-warning lights, aware that although the flash of light was far behind him he had flown through a cloud of something.
I request permission to delay takeoff until a fast examination of the aircraft hydraulic system can be accomplished.
He also sketched out a hydraulic system for locks on the Severn canal.
On my way to the assembly 'fab I spotted Ameli Vongsavath crouched under one of the Nagini's support struts while Yvette Cruickshank helped her lift part of the hydraulic system clear for inspection.
If ah work on the hydraulic system of an aircraft and it comes back with a malfunction, ah know the trouble lays where ah didn't work.
It wasn't just the hatch you had to get through: it was an obstacle course of ups and downs, the wheels and wires of the hydraulic system, missile carriages, gear, steps, channels, baffles called deflector plates - which guarded against the accidental ignition of one missile blasting the one behind it as well.
In a very real way, they did: if the Lancaster's engines or hydraulic system failed, his heart would not go on beating for very long.
The hydraulic system failed and fire was coming from the aft main tank.
They were using lengths of the high-density plastic tubing intended for the hydraulic system that worked the Sissie's rig.