impeller
Americannoun
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impellers
plural
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a person or thing that impels.
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a rotor for transmitting motion, as in a centrifugal pump, blower, turbine, or fluid coupling.
noun
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the vaned rotating disc of a centrifugal pump, compressor, etc
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a compressor or centrifugal pump having such an impeller
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Parts of which household device may include the airfoil propulsion, Helmholtz cavity, and impeller?
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2023
In minutes, he found the problem: A Ruffles potato chip bag had clogged the impeller.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2018
Specifically, the impeller that drives the fluid into the motor has turned out to be so efficient that it has put intolerable loads on the shaft and bearings that support it.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2015
Ultrasonic models use vibrating nebulizers, evaporative models blow air over a wet wick and impeller models produce mist with a rotating disc.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2012
In all the larger and warmer animals which have red blood, there was need of an impeller of the nutritive fluid, and that, perchance, possessing a considerable amount of power.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
This results in low-density impellers, which “can deform and interfere with the fuel pump body” over time, regulators said, leading to an inoperative fuel pump.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
These have been chewed up in testing along with the project's supply of impellers.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2015
The fix is very simple - a more robust shaft and bearings, but the exquisite impellers take weeks to manufacture.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2015
The water jets are unique in that the inlet ducts of the jets are an integral part of the hull molding which gives a better water flow to the impellers and improves their efficiency.
From Time Magazine Archive
Morely grinned savagely as he saw the impellers below him change pitch and start to move faster.
From Final Weapon by Alexander Leydenfrost
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