impulse turbine

noun

1. a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor.

impulse turbine

noun

1. a turbine in which the expansion of the fluid, often steam, is completed in a static nozzle, the torque being produced by the change in momentum of the fluid impinging on curved rotor blades Compare reaction turbine

Word History and Origins

Origin of impulse turbine¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

The reaction turbine is generally more suitable than the impulse turbine.

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