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A system of angled and shaped blades arranged on a rotor through which steam is passed to generate rotational energy. Today, normally used in power stations.
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turbine in which steam strikes blades and makes them turn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: turbine
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Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عنفة بخارية
— system through which steam is passed
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Armenian:
շոգետուրբին
(šogeturbin)
— system through which steam is passed
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Basque:
lurrun-turbina
— system through which steam is passed
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Bengali:
বাষ্পীয় টার্বাইন
(baśpiẏo ṭarbain)
— system through which steam is passed
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Bulgarian:
парна турбина
(parna turbina)
— system through which steam is passed
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Catalan:
turbina de vapor
— system through which steam is passed
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Chinese Mandarin:
蒸汽渦輪發動機 /蒸汽涡轮发动机
— system through which steam is passed
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Czech:
parní turbína
— system through which steam is passed
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Danish:
dampturbine
— system through which steam is passed
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Dutch:
stoomturbine
— system through which steam is passed
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Estonian:
auruturbiin
— system through which steam is passed
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Finnish:
höyryturbiini
— system through which steam is passed
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French:
turbine à vapeur
— system through which steam is passed
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West-Frisian:
stoomturbine
— system through which steam is passed
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Galician:
turbina de vapor
— system through which steam is passed
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German:
Dampfturbine
— system through which steam is passed
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Greek:
ατμοστρόβιλος
(atmostróvilos)
— system through which steam is passed
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Hebrew:
טוּרְבִּינַת קִיטוֹר
(turbinat kitor)
— system through which steam is passed
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Hindi:
भाप टरबाइन
(bhāp ṭarbāin)
— system through which steam is passed
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Hungarian:
gőzturbina
— system through which steam is passed
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Ido:
vaporoturbino
— system through which steam is passed
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Indonesian:
turbin uap
— system through which steam is passed
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Irish:
tuirbín gaile
— system through which steam is passed
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Italian:
turbina a vapore
— system through which steam is passed
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Japanese:
蒸気タービン
— system through which steam is passed
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Kazakh:
бу турбинасы
(bu turbinasy)
— system through which steam is passed
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Korean:
증기 터빈
(jeunggi teobin)
— system through which steam is passed
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Lithuanian:
garo turbina
— system through which steam is passed
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Malay:
turbin stim
— system through which steam is passed
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Navajo:
siil béésh náyoołbaał
— system through which steam is passed
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Norwegian Bokmål:
dampturbin
— system through which steam is passed
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
dampturbin
— system through which steam is passed
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Persian:
توربین بخار
— system through which steam is passed
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Polish:
turbina parowa
— system through which steam is passed
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Portuguese:
turbina a vapor
— system through which steam is passed
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Romanian:
turbină cu abur
— system through which steam is passed
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Russian:
парова́я турби́на
(parovája turbína)
— system through which steam is passed
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Russian:
паротурби́на
(paroturbína)
— system through which steam is passed
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Serbo-Croatian:
parna turbina
— system through which steam is passed
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Sinhalese:
වාෂ්ප ටර්බයිනය
(wāṣpa ṭarbayinaya)
— system through which steam is passed
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Slovak:
parná turbína
— system through which steam is passed
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Slovene:
parna turbina
— system through which steam is passed
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Spanish:
turbina de vapor
— system through which steam is passed
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Swedish:
ångturbin
— system through which steam is passed
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Tamil:
நீராவிச்சுழலி
(nīrāviccuḻali)
— system through which steam is passed
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Thai:
กังหันไอน้ํา
(gang-hǎn-ai-náam)
— system through which steam is passed
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Turkish:
buhar türbini
— system through which steam is passed
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Ukrainian:
парова турбіна
(parova turbina)
— system through which steam is passed
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Uzbek:
bugʻ turbinasi
— system through which steam is passed
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Vietnamese:
động cơ tuốc bin hơi nước
— system through which steam is passed