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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.

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

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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.

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

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 George Oliver Smith

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