Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hydroelectric"
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) 1.7 (wn)
hydroelectric
adj : of or relating to or used in the production of electricity
by waterpower; "hydroelectric power"
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