Definitions for "HYDRAULIC PRESS"
Keywords:  piston, exerts, actuate, ram, press
press in which a force applied by a piston to a small area is transmitted through water to another piston having a large area
a machine in which a large force is exerted on the larger of two pistons in a pair of hydraulically coupled cylinders by means of a relatively small force applied to the smaller piston
a press in which application is made of the fact that fluid pressure is transmitted in all directions (use of Pascal's Law)