English Explanatory Dictionary

water power

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Mechanical or electrical energy derived from running or falling water; originally obtained from a waterwheel immersed in a stream; modern hydroelectric power is obtained from turbines fed from reservoirs.
  2. A site capable of generating power or the right to use a site to generate power.
  3. The capacity to shoot water, as from a fire hose or squirt gun

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-water power.wav

Word forms

water power water powers waterpower

Related words

hydropowered water-powered water engine watermill water mill hydroelectricity

Translations

Afrikaans: waterkrag Albanian: hidroenergjia Asturian: enerxía hidráulico Azerbaijani: hidroelektrik enerji Basque: energia hidrauliko Belarusian: гідраэнергія Burmese: ရေအား Catalan: energia hidràulica Chinese Mandarin: 水力 Czech: vodní energie Danish: vandkraft Dutch: waterkracht Esperanto: akvoenergio Estonian: hüdroenergia Finnish: vesivoima French: énergie hydraulique Galician: enerxía hidráulica Georgian: წყლის ენერგია German: Wasserkraft Greek: υδραυλική ενέργεια Hebrew: אנרגיית מים Hindi: जलशक्ति Hungarian: vízenergia Icelandic: vatnsafl Indonesian: tenaga air Italian: energia idraulica Japanese: 水力 Korean: 수력 Latvian: hidroenerģija Lithuanian: hidroenergija Macedonian: хидроенергија Norwegian Bokmål: vannkraft Norwegian Bokmål: vasskraft Norwegian Nynorsk: vasskraft Polish: energia wodna Portuguese: energia hidráulica Romanian: energie hidraulică Russian: гидроэнергия Serbo-Croatian: hidroenergija Slovak: vodná energia Slovene: vodna energija
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