steam turbine
51steam power — noun a) Power derived from water heated into steam, usually converted to motive power by a reciprocating engine or turbine. The pistons are driven by steam power. b) Means of …
52steam engine — noun external combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder • Hypernyms: ↑external combustion engine • Part Holonyms: ↑steam locomotive, ↑steamer,… …
53turbine — noun Turbine is used before these nouns: ↑blade, ↑engine Turbine is used after these nouns: ↑steam, ↑wind …
54turbine generator — noun : an electric generator driven by a steam, gas, or hydraulic turbine * * * turbine generator, = turbogenerator. (Cf. ↑turbogenerator) …
55turbine wheel — Water wheel Wa ter wheel 1. Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; called an {overshot wheel} when the water is applied at the top, an {undershot wheel} when at the bottom,… …
56turbine — [19] Latin turbō denoted ‘whirl’, ‘whirling thing’, or ‘whirlwind’, and also ‘spinning top’ (it was related to turba ‘disturbance, crowd’, source of English disturb, trouble, etc). From it around 1824 was coined French turbine, applied originally …
57turbine — [[t]tɜ͟ː(r)baɪn, AM bɪn[/t]] turbines N COUNT A turbine is a machine or engine which uses a stream of air, gas, water, or steam to turn a wheel and produce power …
58turbine locomotive — noun : a locomotive powered by a steam or gas turbine engine that transmits motion directly to the driving wheels through gearing or that drives generators for producing electricity for the electric motors that move the driving wheels …
59Turbine — A device for converting the flow of a fluid (air, steam, water, or hot gases) into mechanical motion. *** A machine for generating rotary mechanical power from the energy of a stream of fluid (such as water, steam, or hot gas). Turbines… …
60turbine — noun Etymology: French, from Latin turbin , turbo top, whirlwind, whirl, from turba confusion more at turbid Date: 1842 a rotary engine actuated by the reaction or impulse or both of a current of fluid (as water, steam, or air) subject to… …
