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Hydraulic elevator
| a lift operated by the weight or pressure of water. |
See also: Hydraulic Hydraulic elevator
hydraulic elevator[hī′drȯ·lik ′el·ə‚vād·ər] (mechanical engineering) An elevator operated by water pressure. Also known as hydraulic lift. Hydraulic elevatorAn elevator powered by the energy of a liquid under pressure in a cylinder which acts on a piston or plunger to move the elevator car up and down on guide rails.hydraulic elevatorAn elevator powered by the energy of a liquid under pressure in a cylinder which acts on a piston or plunger to move the elevator car. Also see plunger hydraulic elevator; roped hydraulic elevator. |