WordNet
hydraulic transmission
n. a transmission that depends on a hydraulic system [syn: hydraulic transmission system]
Wikipedia
Hydraulic transmission
Hydraulic transmission may refer to:
- Hydrostatic transmission, see Hydraulic drive system and Hydraulic machinery
- Hydrokinetic transmission, involving one or more torque converters; commonly used in railway locomotives
- A means of transmitting engine power to propel a vehicle using hydraulic rams acting on a swashplate attached to drive wheels
- Hydraulic automatic transmissions in automobiles manufactured in the mid 20th century, with trade names such as "Hydromatic."
Usage examples of "hydraulic transmission".
For them, the defining technology was the clock and its associated systems of gears, cogs and hydraulic transmission, which together could generate precisions of mathematically describable motion hitherto unimaginable.