Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   {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.