hydraulico-comb. form
combining form of Greek ὑδραυλικός hydraulic adj. and n., as in † hyˌdraulico-pneuˈmatical adj. Obsolete = hydraulo-pneumatical adj.† hyˌdraulicoˈstatics n. Obsolete (see quot.).
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1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes iv. 225 I take the body of a living man to be a very compounded engine, such as mechanicians would call Hydraulico-Pneumatical.
1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xxv. 300 The mutual effects of fluids and moveable solids..have been considered by Bernoulli..under the name of hydraulicostatics.
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