hydropower en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)lbor. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *som Proto-Italic *possom Latin posseder. Vulgar Latin potēre Old French pooir Anglo-Norman poerbor. Middle English power English power English hydropower From hydro- + power.
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(uncountable) hydroelectric power
The 16 small hydro-power stations run by Kuandian County provide 80 percent of the electricity for agricultural use in this county.
1979 April 12 [1979 February 13], “Liaoning Hydroelectricity”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 508, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Shenyang Liaoning Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Economic, page 42:
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nl waterkracht (hydroelectric power) · cmn 水力發電 /水力发电 (hydroelectric power) · nl hydro-energie (hydroelectric power) · nb vasskraft (hydroelectric power) · ru гидроэнерге́тика (hydroelectric power) · es energía hídrica (hydroelectric power) · pt energia hidroelétrica (hydroelectric power) · ka ჰიდროენერგია (hydroelectric power) · de Hydroenergie (hydroelectric power) · es energía hidráulica (hydroelectric power) · nb vannkraft (hydroelectric power) · fi vesivoima (hydroelectric power) · sv vattenkraft (hydroelectric power) · pl energia wodna (hydroelectric power) · ka ჰიდროელექტრობა (hydroelectric power) · nn vasskraft (hydroelectric power) · ka ჰიდროელექტრული ძალა (hydroelectric power) · de Wasserkraft (hydroelectric power) · es hidroenergía (hydroelectric power) · ga hidreachumhacht (hydroelectric power)