hydropowern.
/ˈhʌɪdrəʊpaʊə/ Hydro-electric power.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > [noun] > generated by water
white coal1885
white fuel1901
hydroelectricity1904
hydro1916
hydropower1933
tidal2002
1933 F. F. Fowle Stand. Handbk. Electr. Engineers (ed. 6) xiii. 1295 (heading) Steam power and its relation to hydro power.
1946 Nature 3 Aug. 160/1 The inexhaustible nature of hydro-power.
1969 New Scientist 18 Sept. 565/1 In the north western states..fossil fuel is expensive and nearly all potential hydropower sites have already been exploited.
1971 Sci. Amer. Sept. 157/3 Tidal energy and other forms of hydropower.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
<
n.1933