gas turbine

See also: gasturbine and Gasturbine

English

Alternative forms

• gas-turbine (attributive)

Noun

gas turbine (plural gas turbines)

1. An internal combustion engine consisting of a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine, where the turbine mechanically powers the compressor.

Synonyms

• gas turbine engine

Translations

gas turbine

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 燃氣渦輪發動機／燃气涡轮发动机 (ránqì wōlún fādòngjī)

• Danish: gasturbine c
• Dutch: gasturbine f
• Finnish: kaasuturbiini
• French: turbine à gaz de combustion f
• Greek: αεριοστρόβιλος (el) m (aeriostróvilos)
• Hungarian: gázturbina
• Japanese: ガスタービン (gasutābin)
• Russian: га́зовая турби́на f (gázovaja turbína)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: gasturbin (sv) c

See also

• turbojet
• jet engine
• piston engine
• external combustion engine

Further reading

• gas turbine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• surbeating