hydropower

noun

hy·​dro·​pow·​er ˈhī-drə-ˌpau̇(-ə)r How to pronounce hydropower (audio)
: hydroelectric power

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Dil Maya Lama stood weeping outside the help desk at the hospital, searching for information about her missing 26-year-old brother, a driver for a hydropower company in Rasuwa. — Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026 Dil Maya Lama stood weeping outside the help desk at the hospital, searching for information about her 26-year-old brother, a driver for a hydropower company in Rasuwa. — Victoria Milko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 The pair are among more than 930 workers unaccounted for at various hydropower projects in the country’s flood zone. — Bhadra Sharma, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, China’s Ministry of Emergency Management urgently dispatched five tunnel experts to join rescue efforts at a hydropower station tunnel in Nepal, Chinese state media reported on Saturday. — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hydropower

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First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hydropower was in 1933

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hydropower

noun
hy·​dro·​pow·​er ˈhī-drə-ˌpau̇(-ə)r How to pronounce hydropower (audio)
: hydroelectric power
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