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| tur·bine [ túr bn, túrbin ] (plural tur·bines) |
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machine powered by rotating blades: a machine in which a moving fluid such as steam acts on the blades of a rotor to produce rotational motion that can be transformed to electrical or mechanical power
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| [Mid-19th century. Via French< Latin turbin- "spiral, spinning top"] |
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