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cogeneration

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The production of heat and/or power from the waste energy of an industrial process.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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noun

Meaning 2

The simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Joint generation; cocreation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From co- + generation.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: когенерация (kogeneracija) — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Catalan: cogeneració — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Chinese Mandarin: 熱電聯產 /热电联产 (rè-diàn liánchǎn) — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Czech: kogenerace — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Dutch: warmte-krachtkoppeling — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • French: cogénération — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Galician: coxeración — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • German: Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Haitian Creole: kojenerasyon — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Hebrew: קוגנרציה — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Italian: cogenerazione — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Norwegian: kogenerasjon — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Polish: kogeneracja — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Romanian: cogenerare — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Russian: когенерация (kogeneracija) — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Serbo-Croatian: kogeneracija — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Slovak: kogenerácia — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Spanish: cogeneración — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Swedish: kraftvärmeverk — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Turkish: kojenerasyon — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
  • Ukrainian: когенерація (koheneracija) — simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source