TURBINE

turbine

(noun) rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

turbine (plural turbines)

Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.

Anagrams

• Tribune, tribune, tuberin

Source: Wiktionary

Tur"bine, n. Etym: [L. turbo, -inis, that which spins or whirls round, whirl.]

Definition: 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.

Note: In some turbines, the water is supplied to the wheel from below, instead of above. Turbines in which the water flows in a direction parallel to the axis are called parallel-flow turbines.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition