turbo-electric
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of turbo-electric
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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In her motive power she will follow a comparatively new line, first laid down by the United States Navy and later followed by the French�namely, turbo-electric drive.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nehru's sophisticated aides, their minds on turbo-electric power, had once brushed off this holy man's ideas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wednesday evening the twin-screw turbo-electric liner Morro Castle, 11,500 tons, lay at her Ward Line pier in Havana.
From Time Magazine Archive
At week's end, having taken care of his guest list, Khrushchev traveled to the Baltic harbor of Kaliningrad to board the turbo-electric liner Baltika for New York.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was completely fitted for everything that anybody could think of, including a great big muscular turbo-electric power plant capable of putting many miles per behind the tail-pipe.
From Highways in Hiding by Smith, George Oliver
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