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Webster 1913 Edition
Turbine
Tur′bine
(tûr′bĭn)
, Noun.
[L.
turbo
, -inis
, that which spins or whirls round, whirl.] 1.
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
. ☞ In some turbines, the water is supplied to the wheel from below, instead of above. Turbines in which the water flows in a direction parallel to the axis are called parallel-flow turbines.
Definition 2024
Turbine
turbine
turbine
English
Noun
turbine (plural turbines)
- Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.
- 2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:
- Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
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Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
- turbid
- turbojet, turbo-jet
- turbomachinery
Translations
rotary machine
Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /turbiːnə/, [ˈtˢuɐ̯ˌb̥iːnə]
Noun
turbine c (singular definite turbinen, plural indefinite turbiner)
Declension
Inflection of turbine
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | turbine | turbinen | turbiner | turbinerne |
| genitive | turbines | turbinens | turbiners | turbinernes |
References
- “turbine” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tyʁbin/
Noun
turbine f (plural turbines)
Verb
turbine
- inflection of turbiner:
- first-person and third-person singular present indicative and subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative