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A rotating component that transfers energy to a fluid, as in a pump or fan.
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- pump impeller
- impeller blade
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Debris struck the pump impeller.
The impeller forced coolant through the pipes.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular impeller; plural impellers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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