Hydroelectric

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hydro-electric \Hy`dro-e*lec"tric\, a. [Hydro-, 1 + electric.]
     Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution of
     electricity by means of a battery in which water or steam is
     used.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Hydro-electric machine} (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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hydroelectric
       adj : of or relating to or used in the production of electricity
             by waterpower; "hydroelectric power"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "hydroelectric":
     battery-powered, dynamoelectric, electric, electric-powered,
     electrified, electrifying, electrochemical, electrodynamic,
     electrokinetic, electromechanical, electrometric, electromotive,
     electropneumatic, electrostatic, electrothermal, galvanic,
     galvanometric, photoelectric, piezoelectric, static, voltaic