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

Back on earth, developers who need power quickly have turned to gas turbine generators.

From Barron's

A shortage of components such as electrical transformers and gas turbines hampers data-center construction, and operators struggle to secure the immense amounts of electrical power required to run computing clusters.

From The Wall Street Journal

But gas turbines are sold out for years.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bullish investors think fuel cells can eat into the market share of the natural gas turbines that generate the largest portion of America’s electricity today.

From Barron's

It described its thinly profitable gas turbines as “stabilizing” and seemed to want to call more attention to windmills.

From Barron's