"hydraulic ram" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hydraulic rams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hydraulic ram (plural hydraulic rams)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hydraulic, ram. Related terms: water hammer
    Sense id: en-hydraulic_ram-en-noun-Y9DLVB~z
  2. A water pump in which a flow of water is intermittently halted by a valve so that the flow is forced upward through an open pipe, usually into a reservoir. Categories (topical): Pumps Synonyms (water pump): hydram
    Sense id: en-hydraulic_ram-en-noun-~ckSa6X~ Disambiguation of Pumps: 10 58 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 69 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 70 23 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 67 25 Disambiguation of 'water pump': 1 88 10
  3. A hydraulic cylinder with a piston activated by pumping hydraulic fluid into the cylinder.
    Sense id: en-hydraulic_ram-en-noun-JjdRUEpN

Inflected forms

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