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impulse turbine
noun
- a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor.
impulse turbine
noun
- See reaction turbinea turbine in which the expansion of the fluid, often steam, is completed in a static nozzle, the torque being produced by the change in momentum of the fluid impinging on curved rotor blades Compare reaction turbine
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Word History and Origins
Origin of impulse turbine1
First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences
The reaction turbine is generally more suitable than the impulse turbine.
From Project Gutenberg
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