turbine
UK/ˈtɜː.baɪn//ˈtɝ.baɪn/
turbine 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
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.
- 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.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 98
- 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....2013 July-August, Lee S. Langston, “The Adaptable Gas Turbine]”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2013
turbine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
turbine in Hindi
- rotary machine
- टर्बाइन ṭarbāin
turbine in Tamil
- சுழலி, சுழல்சக்கரம், டர்பைன், குழலி, விசை ஆழி, விசைச்சுழலி
turbine in Marathi
- टर्बाइन, टरबाइन, टर्बाईन
turbine in Urdu
- rotary machine
- ٹَربائِن ṭarbāin
More languagesFewer languages
- turbine in Bengali
- টারবাইন ṭarbain
- turbine in Telugu
- టర్బైన్, టర్బైను
- turbine in Malayalam
- വിദ്യുത്പാദകയന്ത്രം
- turbine in Kannada
- ನೀರುಗಾಲಿ, ಉಗಿಗಾಲಿ
- turbine in Punjabi
- ਟਰਬਾਈਨ
- turbine in Gujarati
- ટર્બાઇન, ટર્બાઈન, ટરબાઈન
- turbine in Odia
- ଟର୍ବାଇନ, ଟର୍ବାଇନ୍
- turbine in Nepali
- टर्बाइन, टरबाइन, टर्बाईन
- turbine in Arabic
- عَنَفَة ʕanafa, تُرْبِين turbīn
- turbine in Malay
- turbin
- turbine in Indonesian
- turbin
- turbine in Persian
- توربین turbin
- turbine in Thai
- กังหัน gang-hǎn
- turbine in Vietnamese
- tua-bin
- turbine in Myanmar
- တာဘိုင် tabhuing
Examples of turbine in a sentence
- Maintenance borescoped the jet engine to check for damaged turbine blades.
- A steam turbine converts heat into rotational motion.
- The large rotational inertia of the heavy compressor and turbine rotors makes the engine slow to spool up from idle.
Forms of turbine
| plural | turbines |
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Origin of turbine
Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbō, turbinem (“tornado, whirlwind; crowd”).
Words formed from turbine
Phrases with turbine
Questions about turbine
- What does turbine mean?
- Turbine means 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.
- What is turbine in Hindi?
- Turbine in Hindi is टर्बाइन (ṭarbāin). See Turbine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is turbine?
- Turbine is a noun.
- How do you pronounce turbine?
- Turbine is pronounced /ˈtɜː.baɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of turbine?
- The plural of turbine is turbines.
Words near turbine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: turbine (page history and authors); turbine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); turbine (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turbine (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turbine (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); turbine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); turbine (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turbine (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turbine (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); turbine (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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