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Hydraulic Ram

see synonyms of hydraulic ram

Noun

1. hydraulic pump, hydraulic ram

a water pump that uses the kinetic energy of flowing water to force a small fraction of that water to a reservoir at a higher level

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hydraulic Ram

see synonyms of hydraulic ram
noun
1. 
any large device involving the displacement of a piston or plunger driven by fluid pressure
2. 
a form of water pump utilizing the kinetic energy of running water to provide static pressure to raise water to a reservoir higher than the source

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Hydraulic Ram

see synonyms of hydraulic ram
a device for delivering a small portion of a flowing liquid to a higher elevation by using the momentum of the flowing liquid as the energy source

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hydraulic Ram

see synonyms of hydraulic ram
n.
1. A water pump in which the downward flow of naturally running water is intermittently halted by a valve so that the flow is forced upward through an open pipe into a reservoir.
2. The large output piston of a hydraulic press.

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