turbo-electric

American

[tur-boh-i-lek-trik] / ˌtɜr boʊ ɪˈlɛk trɪk /

adjective

noting, pertaining to, or utilizing machinery that includes a generator driven by a turbine.

turbo-electric engine; turbo-electric propulsion.

turbo-electric British

/ ˌtɜːbəʊɪˈlɛktrɪk /

adjective

of, relating to, or using an electric generator driven by a turbine

turbo-electric propulsion

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Etymology

Origin of turbo-electric

First recorded in 1900–05

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It reconditioned the Leviathan after the War, built the turbo-electric Panama-Pacific liners Virginia, California, and Pennsylvania, as well as many a vessel for the Navy.

From Time Magazine Archive

With this new plant he acquired electric motors and generators essential for turbo-electric drives.

From Time Magazine Archive

Where Normandie's turbo-electric power-plant will develop 160,000 h. p.,

From Time Magazine Archive

G-5 revived Cherbourg's waterworks by sending damaged turbo-electric units to England to be rewound, moved 60 tons of coal from Courcelles to Creully to stoke a pasteurization plant and relieve a desperate milk shortage.

From Time Magazine Archive

He even had power left over for the sound-effects gadget and the air-heater that made the thing appear to be powered by an ordinary turbo-electric engine.

From Damned If You Don't by H. R. van Dongen

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