turbine
pronunciation
How to pronounce turbine in British English:
UK [ˈtɜːbaɪn]
How to pronounce turbine in American English:
US [ˈtɜːrbaɪn]
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- Noun:
- rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate
Word Origin
- turbine
- turbine: [19] Latin turbō denoted ‘whirl’, ‘whirling thing’, or ‘whirlwind’, and also ‘spinning-top’ (it was related to turba ‘disturbance, crowd’, source of English disturb, trouble, etc). From it around 1824 was coined French turbine, applied originally to a revolving wheel on an axis, driven by water-pressure. It was borrowed into English in the early 1840s.=> disturb, trouble
- turbine (n.)
- 1838, from French turbine (19c.), from Latin turbinem (nominative turbo) "spinning top, eddy, whirlwind, that which whirls," related to turba "turmoil, crowd" (see turbid). Originally applied to a wheel spinning on a vertical axis driven by falling water. Turbo in reference to gas turbine engines is attested from 1904.
Example
- 1. Repower will still source some turbine components in china .
- 2. General electric is producing wind turbine components in china .
- 3. The result looks like an open-centre turbine contained within a tube .
- 4. That makes the hywind about the same size as a large traditional offshore turbine .
- 5. But that 's not the kind of turbine that putnam had in mind .