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hydroelectricity

hydroelectricity noun: electricity that is produced from the energy of moving water.

hydroelectricity: electricity that is produced from the energy of moving water
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Noun

hydroelectricity (uncountable)

  1. Electricity that is produced from the energy of moving water.

hydroelectricity meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Punjabi and Arabic

hydroelectricity in Tamil

நீர்மின்னியல், நீர்விசை மின்சாரம்

hydroelectricity in Punjabi

electricity produced from energy of water
ਪਣ ਬਿਜਲੀ paṇ bijlī

hydroelectricity in Arabic

electricity produced from energy of water
طاقة كهرمائية
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hydroelectricity in Vietnamese
thuỷ điện

Origin of hydroelectricity

From hydro- + electricity.

Questions about hydroelectricity

What does hydroelectricity mean?
Hydroelectricity means electricity that is produced from the energy of moving water.
What is hydroelectricity in Tamil?
Hydroelectricity in Tamil is நீர்மின்னியல், நீர்விசை மின்சாரம். See Hydroelectricity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hydroelectricity?
Hydroelectricity is a noun.

Words near hydroelectricity in the dictionary

  1. hydroelectric generator
  2. hydroelectric generators
  3. hydroelectric power
  4. hydroelectrical
  5. hydroelectrically
  6. hydroelectricity
  7. hydroelectrolyte
  8. hydroelectrolytic
  9. hydroeletrolytic
  10. hydroencephalocele
  11. hydroencephaloceles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydroelectricity (page history and authors); hydroelectricity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hydroelectricity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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