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Definitions for Turbine
[1] any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
[2] any of various types of machine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate. The moving fluid may be water, steam, air, or combustion products of a fuel See also reaction turbine, impulse turbine, gas turbine
Words related to Turbine
cylinder, generator, transformer, tool, appliance, instrument, motor, weapon, diesel, mechanism, piston, apparatus, means, pot, fan, contrivance, agent, dynamo, barrel, implement
Words nearby Turbine
turbidite, turbidity current, turbinal, turbinate, turbinate bone, turbine, turbine blade, turbine ventilator, turbinectomy, turbinotomy, turbit
Origin of Turbine
1815–25; < French < Latin turbin-, stem of turbō something that spins, e.g., top, spindle, whirlwind; akin to turbid
Word origin for Turbine
C19: from French, from Latin turbō whirlwind, from turbāre to throw into confusion
Synonyms for Turbine
cylinder, generator, transformer, diesel, mechanism, piston, power train, what's under the hood