Hydro-electric
Pronunciation : Hy`dro-e*lec"tric
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Hydro-, 1 + electric.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913