hydraulic ram

English

Noun

hydraulic ram (plural hydraulic rams)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hydraulic,‎ ram.
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.
3. A hydraulic cylinder with a piston activated by pumping hydraulic fluid into the cylinder.
   • 1961 October, “Car carriage by rail - at home and abroad: 1. New B.R. "covered wagons"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 596:

     The lifts are operated by means of a hydraulic ram with wire ropes, which derives its pressure from a small pump driven by an electric motor.

Synonyms

• (water pump): hydram

See also

• water hammer

Further reading

• hydraulic ram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Hydraulic rams on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “hydraulic ram”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.