steam turbine

American  

noun

1. a turbine driven by steam pressure.

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steam turbine British  

noun

1. 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

Sure, the plant uses fossil fuel, and it includes a steam turbine.

From The Wall Street Journal

They said their turbines can be configured as combined cycle, which means a steam turbine is added to capture waste heat.

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Instead, the company serviced and repaired the equipment, and continued to build and service steam turbines.

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Traditional heat engines, such as internal combustion engines and steam turbines, operate by turning thermal energy into mechanical motion, or simply converting heat into movement.

From Science Daily

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.

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