impulse turbine
noun
a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor.
Origin of impulse turbine
1First recorded in 1880–85
- Compare reaction turbine.
Words Nearby impulse turbine
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How to use impulse turbine in a sentence
The reaction turbine is generally more suitable than the impulse turbine.
British Dictionary definitions for impulse turbine
impulse turbine
noun
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
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