steam turbine

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noun

a turbine driven by steam pressure.

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Origin of steam turbine

First recorded in 1890–95

OTHER WORDS FROM steam turbine

steam-turbine, adjective

Words nearby steam turbine

steamship, steam shovel, steam table, steamtight, steam trap, steam turbine, steam up, steam whistle, steamy, Ste. Anne de Beaupré, steapsin

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Commissioned in 1965, it was for a time the largest steam turbine in the world.
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Parenting a kid that can get from place to place under his own steam is a whole new ballgame.
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But as one deadly malady loses steam, another may be exploding: hunger.
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Either way, the Navy is proceeding full steam ahead in preparing the DDG-1000 for sea.
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In the 19th century, steam-powered printing presses led to mass circulations newspapers and magazines.
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A colossal steam "traveller" had ceaselessly carried great blocks of stone and long steel girders from point to point.
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Two huge steam engines had snorted and puffed for three whole years.
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Greenlaw (Charles P.), his efforts in obtaining steam for India, 560.
Notes and Queries, Index to Eighth Volume, July-December 1853|Various
The steamboat of 1809 and the steam locomotive of 1830 were the direct result of what had gone before.
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The Comet started on her first trip up the Arkansas, being the first steam boat that ascended that river.
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British Dictionary definitions for steam turbine

steam turbine

noun

a turbine driven by steam

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