ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("alternative energy" is a kind of...):

energy; free energy ((physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "alternative energy"):

solar energy; solar power (energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy)

wind generation; wind power (power derived from the wind (as by windmills))

Credits