- Fluid mechanics - That branch of science, or of engineering, which treats
of fluids in motion, especially of water, its action in rivers and
canals, the works and machinery for conducting or raising it, its use
as a prime mover, and the like.
- Opponent of technology that replaces jobs - Technophobe - One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six
years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by
breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a
half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames.