wind turbine
Americannoun
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wind turbines
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of wind turbine
First recorded in 1905–10
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From the top of a wind turbine nearly 100 metres above the ground, Grzegorz Witek, a coal miner, gazes at the horizon.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The yard at the Plaswire Ltd site in Lurgan, County Armagh, is covered with wind turbine parts and other kinds of large-scale industrial materials looking for an alternative ending.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
"An electric car contains 80 kg of copper, compared with 20 kg in a conventional one," he notes, while "a wind turbine contains between four and ten tons of copper per megawatt."
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
She had recently put up a new chicken shed and wind turbine - diversification projects she believed would not have been possible had a stricter planning regime been in place.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
There was a radar tower, wind turbine, antennae, and various other weather instruments.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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