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hydropower

hydropower noun: hydroelectric power.

Noun

hydropower (uncountable)

  1. hydroelectric power
    • The 16 small hydro-power stations run by Kuandian County provide 80 percent of the electricity for agricultural use in this county.1979 April 12 [1979 February 13], “Liaoning Hydroelectricity”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 508, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Shenyang...
    Synonyms:
    water power

Synonyms of hydropower

Origin of hydropower

From hydro- + power.

Words formed from hydropower

Questions about hydropower

What does hydropower mean?
Hydropower means hydroelectric power.
What part of speech is hydropower?
Hydropower is a noun.

Words near hydropower in the dictionary

  1. hydropotential
  2. hydropotentials
  3. hydropotist
  4. hydropotists
  5. hydropots
  6. hydropower
  7. hydropowered
  8. hydroprene
  9. hydropress
  10. hydropresses
  11. hydropriming

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