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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hydro-electric

· Hy·dro-e·lec·tric · IPA
01 a. Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution of electricity by means of a battery in which water or steam is used.
  1. 1.
    Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution of electricity by means of a battery in which water or steam is used.
Phrases & compounds
Hydro-electric machine — 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.