air turbine

American

noun

a turbine operated by air under pressure.

air turbine British

noun

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 John Schoenherr

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