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hydro-electric

hydro-electric is the alternative form of hydroelectric.

Meaning of hydroelectric

Adjective

hydroelectric (not comparable)

  1. That generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water, or of steam escaping under high pressure.
    • Baishan hydroelectric station is located 39 km from the downstream Hongshi hydroelectric station and 250 km from the downstream Fengman hydroelectric station, Jilin Province, China, on the upper reaches of the Second Songhua River, […] In Baishan district the weather is very cold in winter (lowest...1986, Zongyan Guo, Zhou Yukun, “Segment-shaped blasting in Baishan hydroelectric station excavations, China”, in Rock engineering and excavation in an urban environment, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 181
  2. Of or relating to the electricity so produced.

Questions about hydro-electric

What is hydro-electric the alternative form of?
Hydro-electric is the alternative form of hydroelectric.

Words near hydro-electric in the dictionary

  1. hydro pole
  2. hydro poles
  3. hydro-
  4. hydro-airplane
  5. hydro-ecology
  6. hydro-electric
  7. hydro-geothermal
  8. hydroabrasion
  9. hydroabrasive
  10. hydroabsorbent
  11. hydroaccumulation

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