turbine
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbō, turbinem (“tornado, whirlwind; crowd”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɜː.baɪn/, /ˈtɜː.bɪn/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈtɝ.baɪn/, /ˈtɝ.bɪn/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈtɜː.bɑɪn/, /ˈtɜː.bɪn/
Noun
[edit]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.
- 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 98:
- Upstream from the house is a watermill, cased in gleaming white weather-boarding, which has been restored to working order. Near by is the water-driven turbine which [Rudyard] Kipling had installed in 1902 to light his mansion with electricity.
- 2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine”, in American Scientist:
- Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]rotary machine
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Further reading
[edit]- “turbine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “turbine”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “turbine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]turbine c (singular definite turbinen, plural indefinite turbiner)
Declension
[edit]Declension of turbine
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | turbine | turbinen | turbiner | turbinerne |
genitive | turbines | turbinens | turbiners | turbinernes |
References
[edit]- “turbine” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]turbine f (plural turbines, diminutive turbinetje n)
Descendants
[edit]- → Indonesian: turbin
Further reading
[edit]- “turbine” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
French
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]turbine f (plural turbines)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]turbine
- inflection of turbiner:
Further reading
[edit]- “turbine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Friulian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]turbine f (plural turbinis)
Further reading
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]turbine m (plural turbini)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbinem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]turbine
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]turbine
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]turbine
- inflection of turbinar:
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]turbine
- inflection of turbinar:
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