hydro-electric love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the generation of electric currents by means of water-power.
  • Effecting the development of electricity by a certain use of steam: as, a hydro-electric machine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution of electricity by means of a battery in which water or steam is used.
  • adjective (Physics) an apparatus invented by Sir William Armstrong of England for generating electricity by the escape of high-pressure steam from a series of jets connected with a strong boiler, in which the steam is produced.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Alternative form of hydroelectric.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or used in the production of electricity by waterpower

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