Definitions for steam-turbine

steam-turbine steam turbine

Steam-Turbine is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 1997 anagrams from letters in steam-turbine (-abeeimnrsttu).

Definitions for steam-turbine

noun

  1. a turbine driven by steam pressure.

Origin of steam-turbine

First recorded in 1890-95

Examples for steam-turbine

A steam turbine can easily be designed to take care of 100 per cent.

A steam turbine wheel near the base turns a vertical shaft bearing at its upper end a pan which rotates within the outer case.

The first vessel fitted with steam turbine machinery was the Turbinia.

It drilled a small, neat hole through the casing of the steam turbine, and volitized upon striking the blades.

About fifteen years ago I was led by circumstances to investigate the subject of improving the steam turbine.

There was a steam turbine at one end, and a huge boiler at the other.

Multiply that by an unknown number of millions and you have a description of what takes place in the interior of a steam turbine.

The steam turbine of Curtis or Parsons is today the prevailing engine.

It is like using steam over and over again in a steam turbine until there is no more energy left in it.

The type of engine almost invariably used on ships of war other than submarines is the steam turbine.

Word Value for steam-turbine
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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