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  • 1Windmill — A windmill is a machine that is powered by the energy of the wind. It is designed to convert the energy of the wind into more useful forms using rotating blades or sails. The term also refers to the structure it is commonly built on. In much of… …

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  • 2windmill — /wind mil /, n. 1. any of various machines for grinding, pumping, etc., driven by the force of the wind acting upon a number of vanes or sails. 2. (loosely) a wind generator; wind plant. 3. Aeron. a small air turbine with blades, like those of an …

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  • 3List of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks — The following is a list of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks as designated by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since it began the program in 1971. The designation is granted to existing artifacts or systems representing a… …

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  • 4Manitoba Hydro — Type Crown Corporation Industry Electricity generation, transmission and distribution Natural gas distribution …

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  • 5Wind power in the United States — is a growing industry. In 2007, the United States was the fastest growing wind power market in the world for the third year in a row [http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy08osti/43025.pdf Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Installation] ] . At the end of… …

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  • 6wind power — /wind/ power derived from wind: used to generate electricity or mechanical power. Also called wind energy. [1900 05] * * * Use of the energy in winds to produce power. Though wind is irregular and spread out, it contains tremendous amounts of… …

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  • 7Cheyenne Botanic Gardens — Solar Conservatory The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens (9 acres, 3.6 ha) are located in Lions Park in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with an associated High Plains Arboretum located five miles (8 km) northwest of Cheyenne at an elevation of 6,200 feet… …

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  • 8ветроэнергетическая установка — ВЭУ Комплекс взаимосвязанного оборудования и сооружений, предназначенный для преобразования энергии ветра в другие виды энергии (механическую, тепловую, электрическую и др.). [ГОСТ Р 51237 98] ветроэнергетическая установка ветроэнергоустановка… …

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  • 9turbine — /terr bin, buyn/, n. 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 …

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  • 10technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …

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