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STEAM TURBINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Turbine in which steam strikes blades and makes them turn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("steam turbine" is a kind of...):
turbine (rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate)