Phrase guide

gas turbine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An internal combustion engine consisting of a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine, where the turbine mechanically powers the compressor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

turbine that converts the chemical energy of a liquid fuel into mechanical energy by internal combustion; gaseous products of the fuel (which is burned in compressed air) are expanded through a turbine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: turbine

History

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Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عنفة غازية — gas turbine
  • Asturian: turbina de gas — gas turbine
  • Azerbaijani: turbin mühərrik — gas turbine
  • Belarusian: газавая турбіна (hazavaja turbina) — gas turbine
  • Bulgarian: газова турбина (gazova turbina) — gas turbine
  • Catalan: turbina de gas — gas turbine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 燃氣渦輪發動機 /燃气涡轮发动机 (ránqì wōlún fādòngjī) — gas turbine
  • Czech: plynová turbína — gas turbine
  • Danish: gasturbine — gas turbine
  • Dutch: gasturbine — gas turbine
  • Esperanto: gasturbino — gas turbine
  • Estonian: gaasiturbiin — gas turbine
  • Finnish: kaasuturbiini — gas turbine
  • French: turbine à gaz de combustion — gas turbine
  • Galician: turbina a gas — gas turbine
  • German: Gasturbine — gas turbine
  • Greek: αεριοστρόβιλος (aeriostróvilos) — gas turbine
  • Hebrew: טורבינת גז — gas turbine
  • Hindi: गैस टर्बाइन (gais ṭarbāin) — gas turbine
  • Hungarian: gázturbina — gas turbine
  • Indonesian: turbin gas — gas turbine
  • Irish: gástuirbín — gas turbine
  • Italian: turbina a gas — gas turbine
  • Japanese: ガスタービン (gasutābin) — gas turbine
  • Japanese: ガスタービンエンジン — gas turbine
  • Korean: 가스 터빈 (gaseu teobin) — gas turbine
  • Malay: turbin gas — gas turbine
  • Norwegian: gassturbin — gas turbine
  • Persian: توربین گازی — gas turbine
  • Polish: turbina gazowa — gas turbine
  • Portuguese: turbina a gás — gas turbine
  • Romanian: turbină cu gaze — gas turbine
  • Russian: га́зовая турби́на (gázovaja turbína) — gas turbine
  • Russian: газотурби́на (gazoturbína) — gas turbine
  • Serbo-Croatian: plinska turbina — gas turbine
  • Sinhalese: වායු තල බමරය (wāyu tala bamaraya) — gas turbine
  • Slovak: plynová turbína — gas turbine
  • Slovene: plinska turbina — gas turbine
  • Spanish: turbina de gas — gas turbine
  • Swedish: gasturbin — gas turbine
  • Tagalog: turbinang gas — gas turbine
  • Turkish: gaz türbini — gas turbine
  • Ukrainian: газова турбіна (hazova turbina) — gas turbine
  • Urdu: گیس ٹربائن — gas turbine
  • Uzbek: gaz turbinasi — gas turbine