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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hydroelectric adj : of or relating to or used in the production of electricity by waterpower; "hydroelectric power"
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