steam turbine

  • 11steam turbine — noun Date: 1860 a turbine that is driven by the pressure of steam discharged at high velocity against the turbine vanes …

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  • 12steam turbine — noun turbine in which steam strikes blades and makes them turn (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑turbine …

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  • 13steam turbine — noun a turbine in which a high velocity jet of steam rotates a bladed disc or drum …

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  • 14steam turbine — /stim ˈtɜbaɪn/ (say steem terbuyn) noun See turbine (def. 2) …

  • 15steam turbine — noun A system of angled and shaped blades arranged on a rotor through which steam is passed to generate rotational energy. Today, normally used in power stations …

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  • 16Steam Turbine —   A device that converts high pressure steam, produced in a boiler, into mechanical energy that can then be used to produce electricity by forcing blades in a cylinder to rotate and turn a generator shaft …

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  • 17Steam turbine —   A device that converts high pressure steam, produced in a boiler, into mechanical energy that can then be used to produce electricity by forcing blades in a cylinder to rotate and turn a generator shaft.   U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy… …

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  • 18steam turbine — Charles Parsons …

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  • 19Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company — was a British engineering company based in Wallsend, North England, on the River Tyne. It was founded by Charles Algernon Parsons in 1897 with £500,000 of capital, and specialised in building the steam turbine engines that Parsons had invented… …

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  • 20condensing steam turbine — kondensacinė turbina statusas T sritis Energetika apibrėžtis Garo turbina, kurios darbo ciklo baigiamasis procesas yra naudoto garo kondensacija. atitikmenys: angl. condensing steam turbine vok. Kondensationsturbine, f rus. конденсационная… …

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