Turbine+wheel
31turbine — A rotary wheel fitted with vanes, or buckets, radiating out form its circumference. The rotary wheel is activated by impulse or the reaction of fluid through the vanes, or blades, as the kinetic energy of fluids is converted into mechanical power …
32turbine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rotator, rotor, rotary wheel; propeller, turboprop or jet. See propulsion, rotation, power. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. engine, motor, power source, *work horse, generator. see motor …
33turbine — tur|bine [ tɜr,baın ] noun count an engine or a machine that uses the pressure of liquid or gas on a wheel to get power …
34turbine — [ tə:bʌɪn, ɪn] noun a machine for producing continuous power in which a wheel or rotor, typically fitted with vanes, is made to revolve by a fast moving flow of water, steam, gas, air, or other fluid. Origin C19: from Fr., from L. turbo, turbin… …
35turbine — [ˈtɜːbaɪn] noun [C] a machine that produces power by using the pressure of liquid or gas on a wheel …
36Pelton wheel — The Pelton wheel is among the most efficient types of water turbines. It was invented by Lester Allan Pelton (1829 1908) in the 1870s, and is an impulse machine, meaning that it uses the principle of Newton s second law to extract energy from a… …
37Gas turbine — Microturbine redirects here. For turbines in electricity, see Small wind turbine. For turbines driven by the flow of gas, see Turbine. A typical axial flow gas turbine turbojet, the J85, sectioned for display. Flow is left to right, multistage… …
38gas-turbine engine — Introduction any internal combustion engine employing a gas as the working fluid used to turn a turbine. The term also is conventionally used to describe a complete internal combustion engine consisting of at least a compressor, a… …
39breast 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,… …
40overshot 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,… …
