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Hydro-electric
Hyˊdro-e-lec′tric
,Adj.
[
Hydro-
, 1 + electric
.] Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution of electricity by means of a battery in which water or steam is used.
Hydro-electric machine
(Physics)
, an apparatus invented by
Sir William Armstrong
of England for generating electricity by the escape of high-pressure steam from a series of jets connected with a strong boiler, in which the steam is produced.