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1. (n.) turbine
any of various machines having a rotor, usu. with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure or thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either in the form of free jets or as a fluid filling a housing around the rotor.
Etymology: (1815–25; < F < L turbin-, s. of turbō top, spindle, whirlwind; akin to turbid)
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1. (noun) turbine
rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate
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1. (noun) turbine
a water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel
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Sense: a type of motor, operated by the action of water, steam, gas etc
a steam turbine.
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 Afrikaans: turbine |
 Arabic: مُحَرِّك بُخاري أو مائي |
 Bulgarian: турбина |
 Brazilian: turbina |
 Czech: turbína |
 German: die Turbine |
 Danish: turbine; -turbine |
 Greek: τουρμπίνα |
 Spanish: turbina |
 Estonian: turbiin |
 Farsi: توربین |
 Finnish: turbiini |
 French: turbine |
 Hebrew: טוּרבִּינָה |
 Hindi: पानी या भाप से चलने वाला |
 Croatian: turbina |
 Hungarian: turbina |
 Indonesian: turbin |
 Icelandic: túrbína, hverfill |
 Italian: turbina |
 Japanese: タービン |
 Korean: 터빈 |
 Lithuanian: turbina |
 Latvian: turbīna |
 Malay: turbin |
 Dutch: turbine |
 Norwegian: turbin(-) |
 Polish: turbina |
 Persian: توربین |
 Pashto: توربین |
 Portuguese: turbina |
 Romanian: turbină |
 Russian: турбина |
 Slovak: turbína |
 Slovenian: turbina |
 Serbian: turbina |
 Swedish: turbin |
 Thai: กังหัน |
 Turkish: türbin |
 Taiwanese: 葉輪機，渦輪機 |
 Ukrainian: турбіна |
 Urdu: ايک قسم کي موٹر جو پاني، |
 Vietnamese: tua bin |
 Chinese: 汽轮机，涡轮机 |
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