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air turbine

American  

noun

  1. a turbine operated by air under pressure.

air turbine British  

noun

  1. a small turbine driven by compressed air, esp one used as a starter for engines

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It was a modified dentists' drill, the kind that's run by a little air turbine at about two hundred thousand r.p.m.'s.

From The Trouble with Telstar by Schoenherr, John

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