hydeladj.
/ˈhʌɪdɛl/, U.S. /ˈhaɪˌdɛl/ Chiefly Indian English.
= hydroelectric adj. 3.
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1934 Times of India 23 Nov. 14/6 We have to..depend on hydel power for lifting irrigation water from tube wells.
1961 Indian Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 22 227 Many crores might have been saved through the observance of normal rules and practices on this huge hydel scheme.
1992 Financial Sunday Express (New Delhi) 13 Sept. 3/4 The construction of the..Sharavathi hydel project at Gersoppa..will resume after the current monsoon.
2012 Business Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 2 Aug. Potentially energy-rich neighbours [to India] such as Nepal, which alone has the hydel capacity to provide for much of eastern India.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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