Hy'dro-e-lec'tric, a.

a. [Gr. ὕδωρ, water, and Eng. electric, q. v.] Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution of electricity by means of a battery in which liquids are used, or by means of steam.

Hydro-electric machine, an apparatus invented by Mr. Armstrong (Eng.) 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.