gas turbine

noun

: an internal combustion engine in which expanding gases from the combustion chamber drive the blades of a turbine

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The company is a global leader in construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, diesel-electric locomotives and industrial gas turbines. Peter High, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025 What’s more, gas turbine modules with up to 60 megawatts of capacity can be up and running within a month of delivery, and they can be conveniently sited so as to feed their output into existing transmission lines. IEEE Spectrum, 28 June 2012 So why is the oil and gas industry interested in providing electrical power that can be generated by gas turbines? Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025 But in a lengthy request for information sought from data center and energy developers, the agency outlines a variety of electricity sources available at each site, from solar arrays to gas turbines. Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gas turbine

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gas turbine was in 1904

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“Gas turbine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20turbine. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

gas turbine

noun
: an engine in which gases produced by burning fuel are used to spin blades connected to a drive shaft

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