Meanings
nounhydrolock (plural hydrolocks)
plural hydrolocks
- abbreviationAbbreviation of hydrostatic lock (a condition affecting a compression device that compresses gases, having been infiltrated by an unsustainable amount of incompressible liquid, or, being unable to further compress gases, locking the device in place).
verbhydrolock (third-person singular simple present hydrolocks, present participle hydrolocking, simple past and past participle hydrolocked)
present singular third person hydrolocks · participle present hydrolocking · participle past hydrolocked · past hydrolocked
- abbreviationAbbreviation of hydrostatic lock (to enter a hydrolock).
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
- Englishhydro-
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
- Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
- Ancient Greekἵστημι (hístēmi)
- Ancient Greekστᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)
- Latinstaticus
- Englishstatic
- Englishhydrostatic
- Proto-Indo-European*lewg-
- Proto-Germanic*luką
- Proto-West Germanic*lok
- Old Englishloc
- Middle Englishlok
- Englishlock
- Englishhydrolock
Blend of hydrostatic + lock.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
hydrolock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrolock
MLA
“hydrolock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrolock. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydrolock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrolock.
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