gas turbine

American  

noun

1. a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.

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gas turbine British  

noun

1. an internal-combustion engine in which the expanding gases emerging from one or more combustion chambers drive a turbine. A rotary compressor driven by the turbine compresses the air used for combustion, power being taken either as torque from the turbine or thrust from the expanding gases

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gas turbine Scientific  

1. An internal-combustion engine consisting of an air compressor, combustion chamber, and turbine wheel that is turned by the expanding products of combustion. The four major types of gas turbine engines are the turboprop, turbojet, turbofan, and turboshaft.

2. See more at turbojet

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Etymology

Origin of gas turbine

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

The bank estimates that there was roughly 47 GW of global annual gas turbine manufacturing capacity between 2023 and 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

GE Vernova’s gas turbine production slots are full through 2028, with strong performance in its services and electrification businesses.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

Llewellyn leads a team of hundreds of engineers exploring two parallel technology tracks for hydrogen-powered flight, one using electricity from hydrogen fuel cells, the other burning hydrogen directly in a gas turbine jet engine.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2023

Dean Hillyer, an engineer for a gas turbine company, first moved to Australia 12 years ago, seeking an alternative to New Zealand’s poor housing stock and miserable South Island winters.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

Whatever their reasoning, they selected for their first powered flight the exact form of prime mover that continued to power the airplane until the advent of the aircraft gas turbine more than forty years later.

From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.