- fluidics
- noun plural but singular in construction see fluidic
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
fluidics
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fluidics — fluidic, adj. /flooh id iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the technology dealing with the use of a flowing liquid or gas in various devices, esp. controls, to perform functions usually performed by an electric current in electronic devices. Also… … Universalium
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fluidics — noun The branch of engineering and technology that is concerned with the construction of devices that use the flow and pressure of a fluid in circuits analagous to electronic ones See Also: fluidic … Wiktionary
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fluidics — n. technology which uses fluids to perform various functions … English contemporary dictionary
fluidics — [flu: ɪdɪks] plural noun [often treated as sing.] the technique of using small interacting fluid jets for functions usually performed by electronic devices. Derivatives fluidic adjective … English new terms dictionary
fluidics — flu·id·ics … English syllables
