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cogeneration

cogeneration noun: the production of heat and/or power from the waste energy of an industrial process.

Noun

cogeneration (usually uncountable, plural cogenerations)

  1. (usually) The production of heat and/or power from the waste energy of an industrial process.
    Synonyms:
    CHP
  2. (usually) The simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source.
  3. (usually) Joint generation; cocreation.
    • The book project is part of a larger effort by Future Earth to build mechanisms for cogeneration of knowledge […]2018, Thomas Elmqvist, The Urban Planet: Knowledge Towards Sustainable Cities, page xxix

Synonyms of cogeneration

Forms of cogeneration

pluralcogenerations

Origin of cogeneration

From co- + generation.

Questions about cogeneration

What does cogeneration mean?
Cogeneration means the production of heat and/or power from the waste energy of an industrial process.
What part of speech is cogeneration?
Cogeneration is a noun.
What is the plural of cogeneration?
The plural of cogeneration is cogenerations.

Words near cogeneration in the dictionary

  1. cogener
  2. cogenerate
  3. cogenerated
  4. cogenerates
  5. cogenerating
  6. cogeneration
  7. cogenerations
  8. cogenerative
  9. cogenerator
  10. cogenerators
  11. cogeneric

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