All 9 Uses of
hydraulic
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand
- The hydraulic lines, which controlled the doors, had been severed.
p. 98.7hydraulic = carrying fluid
- With these lines broken, Phil would have no hydraulic control of the landing gear or the flaps, which they would need to slow the plane on landing.
p. 98.8hydraulic = relating to machinery moved by pressurized liquid
- And without hydraulics, they had no brakes.
p. 98.8
- The bomb bay was sloshing with hydraulic fluid.
p. 101.6hydraulic = relating to fluid used under pressure to operate machinery
- If Super Man could carry them that far, they would have to land without hydraulic control of the landing gear, flaps, or brakes.
p. 101.9hydraulic = relating to machinery moved by pressurized liquid
- They could lower the gear and extend the flaps with hand pumps, but there was no manual alternative to hydraulic brakes.
p. 101.9 *
- There was just enough hydraulic fluid left to save them.
p. 103.4hydraulic = relating to fluid used under pressure to operate machinery
- The life-blood of the plane—oil, hydraulic fluid, and some one thousand gallons of fuel—slopped about on the surface.
p. 125.1
- The last trace of Green Hornet, the shimmer of gas, hydraulic fluid, and oil that had wreathed the rafts since the crash, faded away.
p. 129.5
Definition:
relating to liquid -- often describing machinery as moved by pressurized liquid