Impeller

ahd-5
  • noun. One that impels, as a rotating device used to force a fluid in a desired direction under pressure.
  • noun. A rotor or rotor blade.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who or that which impels.
  • noun. Specifically, the revolving wheel or pumping element of a centrifugal fan or pump.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who, or that which, impels.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Something which or someone who impels, usually a part of a pump.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine)
  • Word Usage
    "In these pumps, the impeller is a wheel with blades radiating from the centre to the periphery which, when rotated at high speed, impart movement to the water and produce an outward flow due to centrifugal forces; the angle between the direction of entry and exit of water flow is 90 degrees."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    blade  vane  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts