Turbine Definition

tûrbĭn, -bīn

turbines

noun

An engine or motor having a drive shaft driven either by the impulse of steam, water, air, gas, etc. against the curved vanes of a wheel (or set of wheels) or by the reaction of fluid passing out through nozzles located around the wheel.

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Other Word Forms of Turbine

Noun

Singular:

turbine

Plural:

turbines

Origin of Turbine

French from Latin turbō turbin- spinning top perhaps from Greek turbē turmoil

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin turbinis, genitive of turbo (“circular movement, top, reel, spindle")

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