pumped storage
Civil Engin.
noun
The storage of water that has been pumped to a higher level when demand for electricity is low so that its return to the lower level can be used to generate hydroelectricity when demand is high; frequently attributive.
Origin
1920s.
- self-existent
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- self-expression
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- self-faced
- self-feeder
- self-feeding
- self-fertile
- self-fertilisation
- self-fertility
- self-fertilization
- self-fertilized
- self-fertilizing
- self-financed
- self-financing
- self-flagellation
- self-flattering
- self-flattery
- self-forgetful
- self-forgetfulness
- self-fulfilling
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- self-funder