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Re: Darn Those Definitions
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 6 Aug 1999 18:57:42 GMT
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mattdm@mattdmSAYNOTOSPAM.org
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Jonathan Woodward <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote:
   -Obviously.  However, in my dictionary (Columbia), "fluid" includes
both gases and liquids, and "hydraulic" says "moved or operated by a
fluid".  Now, I completely agree that "hydraulic" _ought_ to mean "moved
or operated by a liquid", but that isn't what my dictionary says.  Yours
may differ.

Merriam-Webster and OED both say that the word pertains to "water or other
liquid".

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(...) but (...) and (...) -Obviously. However, in my dictionary (Columbia), "fluid" includes both gases and liquids, and "hydraulic" says "moved or operated by a fluid". Now, I completely agree that "hydraulic" _ought_ to mean "moved or operated by (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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