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WATER POWER

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WATER POWERn.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
The power of water employed to move machinery, etc. A fall of water which may be used to drive machinery; a site for a water mill; a water privilege.
water powernoun
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
Wiktionary contributors (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/water_power#English) • CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) • via Kaikki (https://kaikki.org/dictionary/English/)
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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. | A site capable of generating power or the right to use a site to generate power. | The capacity to shoot water, as from a fire hose or squirt gun

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