Definition of Hydroelectric

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or used in the production of electricity by waterpower. "Hydroelectric power"

Partainyms: Hydroelectricity
Derivative terms: Hydroelectricity

Definition of Hydroelectric

1. a. Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution of electricity by means of a battery in which water or steam is used.

Definition of Hydroelectric

1. Adjective. that generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water ¹

2. Adjective. of or relating to the electricity so produced ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hydroelectric

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydroelectric

hydrodipsia
hydrodipsomania
hydrodistillation
hydrodistilled
hydrodiuresis
hydrodresserite
hydrodynamic
hydrodynamical
hydrodynamically
hydrodynamicist
hydrodynamics
hydrodynamometer
hydrodynamometers
hydroecology
hydroelastic
hydroelectric (current term)
hydroelectric bath
hydroelectric dam
hydroelectric dams
hydroelectric generator
hydroelectric generators
hydroelectric power
hydroelectric turbine
hydroelectrical
hydroelectrically
hydroelectricity
hydroencephalocele
hydroengineering
hydroentangle
hydroentangled

Literary usage of Hydroelectric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1917)
"By AIEE REACTORS IN hydroelectric STATIONS BY J. ALLEN JOHNSON ABSTRACT OF PAPER The advantages and limitations in the use of current limiting reactors in ..."

2. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1910)
"By AIEE hydroelectric POWER AS APPLIED TO IRRIGATION BY JOHN COFFEE HAYS ... A hydroelectric system to supply power for pumping water for irrigation will ..."

3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1914)
"hydroelectric power production and machinery in the past 30 years. ... 41453 D. hydroelectric Development and Hoist System of Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co. ..."

4. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1911)
"Illustrated description of hydroelectric development, including novel intake ... 13949 B. The hydroelectric Development of the Great Western Power Company. ..."

5. The Northwest Forest Plan: A Report to the President and Congress by E. Thomas Tuchmann (1998)
"In summary, hydroelectric power projects can exist as long as they are consistent ... The effects of a hydroelectric power project are long term because ..."

6. The Mining World Index of Current Literature by George E Sisley (1915)
"Henry, GJ—Controlling the Water Column in hydroelectric Plants—Jnl. of Elect. ... [An account of the equipment and operations of the various hydroelectric ..."

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