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  • 11hydro- — [haıdrəu, drə US drou, drə] prefix [: Old French; Origin: Latin, from Greek, from hydor water ] 1.) relating to water, or using water ▪ hydroelectricity (=produced by water power) ▪ hydrotherapy (=treatment of disease using water) 2.) relating to …

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  • 12hydro- — Präfixoid Feuchtigkeit, Wasser (z.B. Hydrokultur) erw. ( ) Beschreibung von Affixen. Das Element wurde in Entlehnungen aus dem Griechischen ins Deutsche übernommen und in neoklassischen Bildungen verwendet; es ist die Kompositionsform von gr.… …

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  • 13hydro — short for HYDROELECTRIC (Cf. hydroelectric), from 1916 …

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  • 14hydro- — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 7}} pierwszy składnik wyrazów złożonych wskazujący na związek z wodą tego, co określa druga część słowa, np. {{/stl 7}}{{stl 8}}hydroakustyka, hydromechanika {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} <gr.> {{/stl 7}} …

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  • 15hydro — ► NOUN (pl. hydros) 1) Brit. a hotel or clinic originally providing hydropathic treatment. 2) a hydroelectric power plant …

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  • 16hydro- — (also hydr ) ► COMBINING FORM 1) water; relating to water: hydraulic. 2) Medicine affected with an accumulation of serous fluid: hydrocephalus. 3) Chemistry combined with hydrogen: hydrocarbon. ORIGIN from Greek hud r water …

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  • 17hydro — hydro1 [hī′drō] n. pl. hydros [Brit. Informal] a place, such as a spa, where people go to get hydropathic treatments hydro2 [hī′drō] Cdn. n. 1. hydroelectric power 2. pl. hydros a hydroelectric power plant adj. hydroelectric …

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  • 18hydro- — [hī′drō, hī′drə] [< Gr hydōr, WATER] combining form 1. water [hydrostatics, hydrometer] 2. containing hydrogen [hydrocyanic acid] …

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  • 19Hydro Al — Norsk Hydro Logo de Norsk Hydro Siège social Oslo,  Norvège …

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  • 20hydro — I Australian Slang hydroponically grown marijuana II Canadian Slang (except Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the Maritimes) commonly as a synonym for electrical service. Many Canadian provincial electric companies generate power from hydroelectricity,… …

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