water power
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Noun
water power (usually uncountable, plural water powers)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, power.
- (uncountable) Mechanical or electrical energy derived from running or falling water; originally obtained from a waterwheel immersed in a stream; modern hydroelectric power is obtained from turbines fed from reservoirs.
- 1952 January, “Electrification Progress in Norway”, in Railway Magazine, page 54:
- Advantage has been taken of the abundant natural water-power resources (which compensate, to a large extent, for the absence of coal) and some 660 route miles have been electrified with overhead conductors.
- (countable) A site capable of generating power or the right to use a site to generate power.
Hyponyms
- (mechanical or electrical power derived from water): hydropower
Derived terms
Translations
(uncountable) power from water
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(countable) site or right
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See also
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