turbine
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
turbine /ˈtəːbʌɪn, -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- ‘spinning top, whirl’.
'turbine' also found in these Oxford entries:
gas turbine
- hydroelectric
- piston engine
- propeller turbine
- rotor
- stator
- steam turbine
- turbinate
- turbo-
- turbocharger
- turbofan
- turbojet
- turboprop
- turboshaft
- vane
- wastegate
- wind machine
