noun. Any of various machines in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted to mechanical power by the impulse or reaction of the fluid with a series of buckets, paddles, or blades arrayed about the circumference of a wheel or cylinder.

noun. A water-wheel driven by the impact or reaction of a flowing stream of water, or by impact and reaction combined.

noun. A pair of turbines fastened on one shaft, either back to back or face to face, an arrangement which balances the pressure due to the weight of the driving water-column, and releases the stresses on the footsteps or thrust-bearings: usual in modern high-powered installations.

noun. A water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which the water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel.

noun. A type of rotary engine with a set of rotating vanes, diagonally inclined and often curved, attached to a central spindle, and obtaining its motive force from the passage of a fluid, as water, steam, combusted gases, or air, over the vanes. Water turbines are frequently used for generating power at hydroelectric power stations, and steam turbines are used for generating power from coal- or oil-fired electric power stations. Turbines are also found in jet engines, and in some automobile engines.

noun. 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

noun. rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate

"What I said was that if the specification for "turbine" is false, then we have nothing to hang the design inference on, it may be designed, but there is no empirical reason for saying so since there is no specification."

air-turbine  double turbine  downward-discharge turbine  gas-turbine  girard impulse-turbine  

turbid  turbo-jet  turbojet  turbomachinery  

gas turbine  steam turbine  turbo-  water turbine  wind turbine  

rotary engine  

gas turbine  hydroelectric turbine  impulse turbine  reaction turbine  steam turbine  

boiler  brake  burner  combustion  compressor  

turbine wheel