Etymology

fluidics

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Today it means: The branch of engineering and technology that is concerned with the construction of devices that use the flow and pressure of a fluid in circuits analogous to electronic ones Full definition →

English fluidic ← Middle English fluid ← Latin fluidus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  4. Latinfluō
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  6. Latinfluidus
  7. Middle Englishfluid
  8. Englishfluid
  9. Englishfluidic
  10. English todayfluidics

From fluidic + -s.

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