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ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
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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))
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