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hydropump en · NOUN

Etymology

From hydro- + pump.

Meanings

1. A hydraulic pump.
   • An adequate Diesel engine has been selected which, via gearbox, drives hydropumps for machine operation and movement. 2012, Dinko Mikulic, Design of Demining Machines, page 86:
   • Professor N. K. Vereshchagin, a palaeontologist from Leningrad who joined the expedition, discovered the archaeological component at the site when using a hydropump to expose a bone-rich horizon of the "cemetery." 1996, Frederick Hadleigh West, Constance F. West, John F. Hoffecker, American Beginnings:
   • This is because of the increased pulling power of the retro jet which would make manual retraction unduly laborious. A hydropump has therefore been fitted that is simply operated by a clutch lever giving variable speed of retraction. 1980, Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants Operator's Newsletter:

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