Hydraulic Engineering Vocabulary

noun the branch of science that deals with the statics of fluids, usually confined to liquids and especially to the pressures they exert on bodies immersed in them

• The study of hydrostatics deals with the equilibrium of fluids at rest and the pressure exerted by them.
• I find hydrostatics to be quite challenging, but also fascinating.
• Hydrostatics is like trying to figure out the balance of water in a bathtub.
• Understanding hydrostatics is like unraveling the mysteries of how liquids behave under pressure.

noun a structure used to control the flow of water, typically in a dam or reservoir

• The spillway was designed to safely release excess water from the reservoir.
• I heard they had to open the spillway to prevent flooding in the area.
• The spillway was like, totally overflowing after all that rain.
• Her emotions were like a spillway, overflowing and difficult to contain.

noun a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake

adjective of or relating to a tributary

• The Amazon River has many tributaries that flow into it.
• There are a bunch of smaller rivers that feed into the Amazon, they're called tributaries.
• The Amazon River's got all these little side streams that join up with it, they're like its tributaries or something.
• In the world of finance, a successful business can have many tributaries of income flowing into it.