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- [tur-bin, -bahyn]
- /ˈtɜr bɪn, -baɪn/
- /ˈtɜː.baɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tur-bin, -bahyn]
- /ˈtɜr bɪn, -baɪn/
Definitions of turbine word
- noun turbine any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor. 1
- noun turbine fluid-driven engine 1
- countable noun turbine A turbine is a machine or engine which uses a stream of air, gas, water, or steam to turn a wheel and produce power. 0
- noun turbine any of various types of machine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate. The moving fluid may be water, steam, air, or combustion products of a fuel 0
- noun turbine 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 0
- noun turbine A turbine is a machine that works by the action of a fluid on a series of surfaces, usually a circular set of blades. 0
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Origin of turbine
First appearance:
before 1815 One of the 39% newest English words
1815-25; < French < Latin turbin-, stem of turbō something that spins, e.g., top, spindle, whirlwind; akin to turbid
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Parts of speech for Turbine
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turbine popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
turbine usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for turbine
noun turbine
- diesel — noting a machine or vehicle powered by a diesel engine: diesel locomotive.
- motor — a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- dynamo — A machine for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy; a generator.
- engine — A machine with moving parts that converts power into motion.
- horses — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
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