hydroelectricityn.
1. The electricity of the galvanic battery.
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1828 F. Watkins Pop. Sketch Electro-magn. 61 The term hydro-electricity, applied to that which emanates from a voltaic combination.
1851 J. Graham in Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. 1052 Hydro-electricity, which is the grand agent in operations of this kind, is different in the phenomena it exhibits from that of dry electricity, or that shown by an electrical machine. For..the electricity of the galvanic battery is scarcely perceptible, unless that which is called the circuit be complete.
2. Electricity generated by utilizing the motive power of water.
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1904 Electr. Mag. I. 378/1 (heading) Hydro-electricity in California.
1904 Electr. Mag. I. 592/1 (heading) Hydro electricity for small French factories.
1927 Observer 22 May 13/1 The national exhibit of hydro-electricity.
1959 Petroleum Handbk. (Shell Internat. Petroleum Co.) (ed. 4) 19 There are..limitations to the future growth of hydro-electricity.
1972 Sci. Amer. Dec. 13/2 With ample supplies of coal and hydroelectricity China should be able to devote much of the oil..to a petrochemical industry.
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