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turbine
[ tur-bin, -bahyn ]
noun
- 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.
turbine
/ ˈtɜːbɪn; -baɪn /
noun
- 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
turbine
/ û′ĭ,-ī′ /
- Any of various machines in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid, such as water, steam, or gas, is converted to rotary motion. Turbines are used in boat propulsion systems, hydroelectric power generators, and jet aircraft engines.
- See also gas turbine
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of turbine1
C19: from French, from Latin ٳܰō whirlwind, from ٳܰ to throw into confusion
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Spain exports a lot of gas turbines to the US, alongside tonnes of olive oil.
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"Our fears are it could be packaged off or further broken up. Our fears are that people might want to buy it simply to put wind turbines on it," he said.
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Phillip's mine is plugged directly into a hydro-electric power plant that channels some of the Zambezi's torrent through enormous turbines to generate continuous, clean electricity.
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At low tide the water is released, turning turbines to generate electricity.
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Art’s past is juxtaposed with the desert’s advanced industrial turbines.
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