Sterhydraulic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sterhydraulic \Ster`hy*drau"lic\, a. [Stereo- + hydraulic.]
     Pertaining to, or designating, a kind of hydraulic press;
     resembling such a press in action or principle.
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     {Sterhydraulic press}, an hydraulic press producing pressure


        or motion by the introduction of a solid substance (as a
        long rod, or a cord wound on a roller) into a cylinder
        previously filled with a liquid.
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