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Meaning of Turbine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈtɜː.baɪn

Definitions

Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.

Equivalents

Català turbina
Čeština turbína
Cymraeg tyrbin
Deutsch Turbine
Ελληνικά στρόβιλος
Esperanto turbino
Español turbina
Suomi turbiini
Gaeilge tuirbín
Galego turbina
Magyar turbina
Հայերեն տուրբին
Bahasa Indonesia turbin
日本語 タービン
ქართული ტურბინა
Қазақша турбина
ខ្មែរ តួប៊ីន
한국어 터빈
Latviešu turbīna
Македонски турбина
Bahasa Melayu turbin
Nederlands turbine
Polski turbina
Português turbina
Русский турбина
Shqip turbinë
Svenska turbin
ไทย กังหัน
Türkçe türbin
Українська турбіна
Tiếng Việt tua bin tua-bin

Examples

“Upstream from the house is a watermill, cased in gleaming white weather-boarding, which has been restored to working order. Near by is the water-driven turbine which [Rudyard] Kipling had installed in 1902 to light his mansion with electricity.”
“Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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