fluidicadj.

1883 A. Winchell World-life ii. ii. §6. 242 The..older fluidic condition..impresses more important results on the life-history of satellites.

1877 H. P. Blavatsky Isis Unveiled I. i. 12 The Astral Soul, or the inner, fluidic body.

1882 M. Collins Cobwebs II. 179 The fluidic atmosphere which passes from one human being to another.

1887 H. S. Olcott tr. A. D'Assier Posth. Humanity iv. 103 Besides its exterior and organic form, the human body possesses an interior and fluidic form, moulded after the former.

1960 Compressed Air & Hydraulics Apr. 149/1 [Abstract of a paper by H. Masheder read at the 2nd European Fluid Power Conf., 28 Apr. 1960.] This paper examines future trends in automatic fluid power control in the light of the following factors: the reasons for the unique position occupied by fluidics; the stability of this position and whether it is likely to be threatened by competitive non-fluidic systems; [etc.].]

1965 Missiles & Rockets 8 Feb. 18/3 In the first fluidic circuits..a fluid stream of relatively high energy was directed across a cavity.

1965 E. F. Humphrey & D. H. Tarumoto Fluidics i. iii. 40/2 Fluidic systems often..have few if any moving parts.

1968 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 12/2 Common to all of the many different types of fluidic devices is the principle that a stream of fluid flowing through a small channel..can be deflected from its initial path when hit by a smaller control jet.

1968 Sci. Jrnl. Dec. 53/1 The fluidic system uses a flow of fluid instead of a flow of electrons (electric current).

1969 Nature 20 Dec. 1193/1 When the control flows are provided by a feedback from the efflux of the power jet, a fluidic oscillator is set up.

1887 H. S. Olcott tr. A. D'Assier Posth. Humanity ii. 68 The existence of a plexus of fluidiform capillaries connecting the phantom with the body from which it emanates.