WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
im′pulse tur′bine,
- Hydraulics, Mechanical Engineeringa turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor. Cf. reaction turbine.
- 1880–85
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