A hydraulic lift can raise very heavy objects high into the air. From LearnThat.org.
hydraulic engineer. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
hydraulic erosion. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Weber, finds the source of Oriental Despotism (1957) in what he defines as the hydraulic society. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
The process is known as hydraulic fracturing or "fracking.". From Wordnik.com. [Chesapeake Energy stops gas drilling to investigate Pennsylvania spill] Reference
Netherlands, one of the greatest works of all times in hydraulic engineering. From Wordnik.com. [Hendrik A. Lorentz - Biography] Reference
Places in hydraulic clamp which holds the shaft; the grip is attached to the shaft. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Golf equipment keeps on truckin' with the PGA Tour] Reference
Lias lime is hydraulic, that is, it will set firm under water. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
It is extracted through a process called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
Cements used in construction are characterized as hydraulic or non-hydraulic. From Wordnik.com. [Lowell Sun Forum] Reference
The polluted water comes from a drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or. From Wordnik.com. [Brandon Sun Online - Top Stories] Reference
Hydropower, sometimes called hydraulic power, is the energy contained in moving water. From Wordnik.com. [Renewable energy] Reference
Current shale-gas extraction uses a technique called hydraulic fracturing, often known as. From Wordnik.com. [The Engineer - News] Reference
Homeowners say a process called hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," has polluted their water. From Wordnik.com. [The Billings Gazette - World News] Reference
An extraction technique called hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, releases gas trapped in the shale. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News-Record]
At issue is the controversial process for stimulating the production of gas, known as hydraulic fracturing. From Wordnik.com. [Earthjustice Press Releases] Reference
Together these two forces make up the driving force behind moving groundwater which is known as the hydraulic head. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
To get to the natural gas buried in the shale, companies do something called hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Ruffalo: Lessons from Dimock, PA: Calling for a Moratorium on Natural Gas Drilling in New York] Reference
U.S. natural gas data is being watched perhaps closer than ever as a drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or. From Wordnik.com. [FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten] Reference
The process, known as hydraulic fracturing, uses a mixture of water and chemicals to blast through rock to access the gas. From Wordnik.com. [theithacajournal.com -] Reference
Afterward, the bakers carve the dough into 8-ounce mounds, which they cart to another machine called a hydraulic pie press. From Wordnik.com. [Boston.com Top Stories] Reference
But rock formations have to be broken up with a mixture of water, sand and chemicals in a process called hydraulic fracturing. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
Marcellus Shale within Pennsylvania's portion of the Ohio River Basin in a post-drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing. From Wordnik.com. [R&D Mag - News] Reference
The EPA asked nine big natural-gas firms and contractors to disclose the chemicals used in a process called hydraulic fracturing. From Wordnik.com. [What's News: Business] Reference
· Limestone with a high clay content produces a special type of lime, called hydraulic lime, which sets and hardens like cement. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
To extract the gas, companies first drill deep wells and then use a technique called hydraulic fracturing -- "fracking" for short. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brune: Frack Attack] Reference
Now they'll use a controversial process called hydraulic fracturing to create a series of small cracks underground to free the oil. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Now they'll use a controversial process called hydraulic fracturing to create a series of small cracks underground, to free the oil. From Wordnik.com. [Hungry For Oil: Feeding America's Expensive Habit] Reference
Gas companies use a process called hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking", to loosen rock and bring natural gas to the surface of wells. From Wordnik.com. [More Hip Than Hippie Podcast] Reference
The particular story I write about involves natural gas drilling in Colorado and Wyoming, and a technique known as hydraulic fracturing. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy] Reference
The process of hydraulic fracturing editorial included several misleading statements regarding an gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Resolving our water woes] Reference
It lays out a series of guidelines for gas companies, including some specifics on the controversial drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
Placer mining by powerful water pressure, called hydraulic mining, destroys the banks, and also fills up the river beds with masses of rock and gravel. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
The EPA is currently conducting a study on the environmental repercussions of the natural gas drilling procedure known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Republicans Get The Maddow Treatment For Opposing Fracking Regulation (VIDEO)] Reference
The so-called hydraulic organ was probably one in which water was used to perfect the air-holding qualities of the wind chest, in the same manner as now in gas holders. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present] Reference
The procedure known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," is designed to liberate gas locked in the shale by injecting pressurized fluid into a well to shatter the rock. From Wordnik.com. [billingsgazette.com] Reference
Their concern potentially opens a new obstacle for energy companies that extract natural gas from shale formations through a process called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News] Reference
There has been a dramatic increase in a gas drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing over the last couple of years in the Marcellus Shale formation, which covers much of. From Wordnik.com. [Columnist: Keith Groller] Reference
That includes horizontal drilling and a controversial process called hydraulic fracturing, which uses a pressurized chemical solution to fracture bedrock to stimulate gas flow. From Wordnik.com. [theithacajournal.com -] Reference
The EPA meanwhile has announced it will conduct a national study on how the natural gas drilling practice known as hydraulic fracturing is affecting the nation's water supplies. From Wordnik.com. [Democracy Now!] Reference
The Environmental Protection Agency is asking nine natural gas companies to voluntarily disclose the chemical components used in a drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
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