Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Generating electricity by conversion of the energy of running water.
- adj. Of, relating to, or using electricity so generated.
Wiktionary
- adj. that generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water
- adj. of or relating to the electricity so produced
Etymologies
- hydro- + electric (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Of course, hydroelectric is there, but haven't most of the useful places been utilized.”
Economics of Hydrogen, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“He criticized the military's proposal to buy generators and diesel fuel for the energy-starved city of Kandahar and supported a longer-term hydroelectric dam project.”
The Washington Post: Tensions between Eikenberry, McChrystal will be focus of their Washington visit
“Most of our power comes from petroleum fired steam plants, about 25% from hydroelectric, which is nearly maxed out, a little from a few nuke plants, most of which are nearing the end of service.”
“Almost all energy production facilities, such as hydroelectric dams, tar sands, experimentation with oil shale, coal production, and so forth, also got much bigger.”
“The oil-equivalent metric represents all forms of energy consumed, including crude oil, nuclear, coal, natural gas and renewable sources such as hydroelectric power.”
The Wall Street Journal: China Disputes IEA Data on Energy Consumption
“With a principle focus of creating a balance between maintaining a fragile habitat for wildlife and using natural resources wisely, Finca Bellavista aims to implement sustainable energy practices such as hydroelectric and solar power, while operating a full-fledged recycling center and a common garden area for the community.”
ECO EWOK TREEHOUSES: Finca Bellavista Rainforest Village | Inhabitat
“Katie's class is studying energy, and she had a lot of related words in her vocabulary that she had to use in sentences, like "hydroelectric", "watts", and "geothermal".”
“However, in the surrounding region no development projects such as hydroelectric dams, gas pipelines, power lines, highways, logging or mining exist or are foreseen.”
“Of course, the most reasonable thing human beings can do is to use resources that cannot be exhausted, such as hydroelectric resources.”
“The agreement established a new framework for land use for government projects such as hydroelectric development, while protecting local aboriginal rights on the territory.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hydroelectric’.
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EN - fine scholarly language
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ITRE - energy - general terms
above-market cost, access charge, actual peak load ..., affiliate, affiliated power ..., after-market, aggregation, aggregator, Alternating Curre..., Ampere, ancillary services, annual effects and 453 more...
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abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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hydr-, hydro-
of or relating to water; of accumulation of fluid
hydraulic, hydroelectric, hydrocephalus, hydrometer, hydraulico-pneuma..., hydrogen, hydrocyanic
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Environmental Words
Words dealing with environmental science, climate change, and the like.
co2e, cde, hypermiling, microdiesel, carbon footprint, feed-in tariff, sox, nox, oxyfuel, polygeneration, mw, egr and 93 more...
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5yllable5's Words
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hernesheir The word hydroelectric shares the same consonant and vowel pattern (cvccvvcvcccvc) with subdeaconship and bulbourethral. Your job: find other words with this patters of consonants and vowels. Feb 23, 2011