turbine
turbine definition
tur·bine (tʉr′bin, -bīn′)
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
Etymology: Fr < L turbo, whirl: see turbinate
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