Definition of Turbine

an engine that provides power because a wheel or a rotor is continually turning due to pressure from fast moving liquid

Examples of Turbine in a sentence

The turbine used water and a rotor to power the boat down the mighty Mississippi.  🔊

Built in 1845, the first steam turbine was used to power a plant through the use of fluid and a rotor.  🔊

With one turbine not rotating, the other engine struggled to keep up the pace.  🔊

Turning quickly, the wheel of the turbine engine used the water to power itself.  🔊

Turbine engines differ from piston engines in that the fast moving liquid that powers them makes them much stronger.  🔊

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