turbo-electric

[ tur-boh-i-lek-trik ]

adjective

1. noting, pertaining to, or utilizing machinery that includes a generator driven by a turbine:

   turbo-electric engine; turbo-electric propulsion.

turbo-electric

/ ˌtɜːbəʊɪˈlɛktrɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or using an electric generator driven by a turbine

   turbo-electric propulsion

Word History and Origins

Origin of turbo-electric¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Where Normandie's turbo-electric power-plant will develop 160,000 h. p.,

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Nehru's sophisticated aides, their minds on turbo-electric power, had once brushed off this holy man's ideas.

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G-5 revived Cherbourg's waterworks by sending damaged turbo-electric units to England to be rewound, moved 60 tons of coal from Courcelles to Creully to stoke a pasteurization plant and relieve a desperate milk shortage.

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At week's end, having taken care of his guest list, Khrushchev traveled to the Baltic harbor of Kaliningrad to board the turbo-electric liner Baltika for New York.

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In her motive power she will follow a comparatively new line, first laid down by the United States Navy and later followed by the French�namely, turbo-electric drive.

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