steam turbine

noun

a turbine driven by steam pressure.

Nearby words

steam reforming, steam room, steam shovel, steam table, steam trap, steam turbine, steam up, steam whistle, steam-boiler, steam-chest, steam-engine

Origin of steam turbine

First recorded in 1890–95

Related forms

steam-tur·bine, adjective

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Examples from the Web for steam turbine

The opposite extreme is found in alternators directly coupled to the Parsons steam-turbine, in which, with a speed of 3000 revs.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 9|Various
The steam-turbine and the twin-screw propeller have made rapid ocean travel possible.
The Story of Great Inventions|Elmer Ellsworth Burns
After nearly a century of experimenting and after many failures there was at last developed an engine known as the steam-turbine.
Stories of Useful Inventions|Samuel Eagle Foreman
The propeller is caused to revolve by a steam-engine, steam-turbine, or gasolene-engine, as shown in Fig. 35 .
Boys' Book of Model Boats|Raymond Francis Yates

One of the great inventions relating to steam-power is the steam-turbine.
The Story of Great Inventions|Elmer Ellsworth Burns

British Dictionary definitions for steam turbine

steam turbine

noun

a turbine driven by steam

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steam turbine

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for steam turbine

steam turbine

noun