[hahy-draw-liks, -drol-iks] 
) | the science that deals with the laws governing water or other liquids in motion and their applications in engineering; practical or applied hydrodynamics. |
| hy·drau·lics (hī-drô'lĭks) n. (used with a sing. verb) The physical science and technology of the static and dynamic behavior of fluids. |
