water power

English

Noun

water power (usually uncountable, plural water powers)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water,‎ power.
2. (uncountable) 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.
   • 1952 January, “Electrification Progress in Norway”, in Railway Magazine, page 54:

     Advantage has been taken of the abundant natural water-power resources (which compensate, to a large extent, for the absence of coal) and some 660 route miles have been electrified with overhead conductors.

3. (countable) A site capable of generating power or the right to use a site to generate power.

Hyponyms

• (mechanical or electrical power derived from water): hydropower

Derived terms

• water-powered

Translations

(uncountable) power from water

• Afrikaans: waterkrag
• Albanian: hidroenergjia f
• Asturian: enerxía hidráulico f
• Azerbaijani: hidroelektrik enerji
• Basque: energia hidrauliko
• Belarusian: гідраэнергія f (hidraenjerhija)
• Burmese: ရေအား (my) (rea:)
• Catalan: energia hidràulica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水力 (zh) (shuǐlì)

• Czech: vodní energie f
• Danish: vandkraft (da) c
• Dutch: waterkracht (nl) f
• Esperanto: akvoenergio
• Estonian: hüdroenergia
• Finnish: vesivoima (fi)
• French: énergie hydraulique (fr) f
• Galician: enerxía hidráulica f
• Georgian: წყლის ენერგია (c̣q̇lis energia)
• German: Wasserkraft (de) f
• Greek: υδραυλική ενέργεια f (ydravlikí enérgeia)
• Hebrew: אנרגיית מים
• Hindi: जलशक्ति (jalśakti)
• Hungarian: vízenergia (hu)
• Icelandic: vatnsafl n
• Indonesian: tenaga air
• Italian: energia idraulica f
• Japanese: 水力 (ja)
• Korean: 수력 (ko) (suryeok)
• Latvian: hidroenerģija f
• Lithuanian: hidroenergija f
• Macedonian: хидроенергија f (hidroenergija)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vannkraft m or f, vasskraft m or f

  Nynorsk: vasskraft f

• Polish: energia wodna f
• Portuguese: energia hidráulica f
• Romanian: energie hidraulică f
• Russian: гидроэнергия (ru) f (gidroenergija)
• Serbo-Croatian: hidroenergija (sh) f
• Slovak: vodná energia f
• Slovene: vodna energija f
• Spanish: energía hidráulica (es) f
• Swedish: vattenkraft (sv) c
• Tamil: நீர் ஆற்றல் (nīr āṟṟal)
• Telugu: జలశక్తి (jalaśakti)
• Thai: พลังงานน้ำ
• Turkish: hidrolik güç (tr)
• Ukrainian: гідроенергія f (hidroenerhija)
• Vietnamese: thủy năng
• Welsh: egni hydro

(countable) site or right

• Finnish: vesivoimalaitos (fi)

See also

• hydroelectricity