steam turbine

American

noun

a turbine driven by steam pressure.

steam turbine British

noun

a turbine driven by steam

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Other Word Forms

steam-turbine adjective

Etymology

Origin of steam turbine

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

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About 200 miles south of Salt Lake City, the Utah Forge geothermal research lab harvests energy from underground, using water hot enough to drive a steam turbine in a conventional power plant.

From The Wall Street Journal

Environmentalists waged a five-year legal battle against the New Hampshire plants, saying that the owner had discharged warm water from steam turbines into a nearby river without cooling it first to match the natural temperature.

From New York Times

The information Zheng stole was related to the design and manufacture of gas and steam turbines, including turbine blades and turbine seals.

From BBC

CPV said it has combined gas and steam turbine projects in operation in Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, and a wind farm in western Oklahoma.

From Seattle Times

The Chernobyl disaster occurred after a safety test on a nuclear reactor's steam turbine went wrong and the administrators accidentally caused an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction.

From Salon

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