MEANING
A machine in which flowing liquid or gas turns a rotor to transfer energy.
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- gas turbine
- turbine blade
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Hot gas drove the turbine.
A fractured turbine blade damaged the casing.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular turbine; plural turbines. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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