Turbine

['tɜːbaɪn;-ɪn] or ['tɝbaɪn]

Definition

(noun.) rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate.

Typist: Penelope--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel.

Checker: Roberta

Definition

n. a horizontal water-wheel with vertical axis receiving and discharging water in various directions round the circumference—by parallel outward or inward flow.—adj. Tur′binal turbinate.—n. (anat.) a scroll-like bone.—adjs. Tur′binate -d shaped like a top or inverted cone: spiral: (anat.) whorled in shape: whirling like a top.—ns. Turbinā′tion; Tur′bine-pump a pump in which water is raised by the inverted action of a turbine-wheel; Turb′ine-steam′er a vessel impelled by a steam-turbine.—adjs. Tur′biniform Tur′binoid top-shaped.

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