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Alternative form of aeolipile [A steam engine powered by rocket propulsion due to escaping steam, consisting of a pressure vessel mounted on a bearing, with one or more tubes which exhaust steam tangentially to the rotation axis so as to create rotation.]
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A windmill, windpump or similar device powered by the wind
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Alternative form of aeolipile [A steam engine powered by rocket propulsion due to escaping steam, consisting of a pressure vessel mounted on a bearing, with one or more tubes which exhaust steam tangentially to the rotation axis so as to create rotation.]
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A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.
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one of the specially shaped rotating parts (blades) of a mechanical fan which move and distribute air.
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A small windmill mounted at right angles to the sails, at the rear of the windmill, used to turn the cap automatically to bring it into the wind.
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An offshore wind turbine mounted on a floating structure that allows the turbine to generate electricity in water depths where fixed-foundation turbines are not feasible.
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(hydroelectricity) A type of water turbine with an inward-flow reaction that combines radial and axial flow concepts.
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Electric power supplied from the shore to a ship or boat while it is lying at berth.
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Power made by the force of water pushing agent a turbine to make a special form of kinetic energy
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(countable) A lock for raising and lowering boats on a canal or waterway that operates by using pressurized water to flood or drain the level inside the lock.
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Synonym of intake manifold
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Alternative spelling of jet stream [(meteorology) any of the high-speed, high-altitude air currents that circle the Earth in a westerly direction]
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Short for Jonval turbine. [A kind of mixed-flow water turbine based on a horizontal water wheel, invented in France in 1837 and later popular in the United States.]
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A kind of mixed-flow water turbine based on a horizontal water wheel, invented in France in 1837 and later popular in the United States.
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(hydroelectricity) A water turbine that has adjustable blades so that a constant rate of revolution is achieved.
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(historical) An early electric motor resembling a small treadmill.
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Part of a machine that is powered to move.
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The part between the tower and rotor of a wind turbine.
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(military) A type of balloon that is employed as an aerial platform for intelligence gathering and artillery spotting.
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(hydroelectricity) A form of impulse turbine or water wheel, extracting energy from the impulse of moving water
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A pitot head/pitot tube.
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The blast of air created by an airplane propeller.
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The rotary, rather than propulsive, motion produced by a propeller.
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Any of several types of internal combustion engine in which the power output is directly rotational.
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A steam reversing-gear, in marine engines.
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A steam-powered vehicle.
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Means of transportation based on such power, particularly steamboat/ship or steam train.
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Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.
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(hydroelectricity) An impulse water turbine designed for medium head applications.
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(hydroelectricity) A conical water turbine with helical blades.
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Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
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The space behind a wind turbine where there the wind power decreases after passing through the turbine due to the wind energy conversion to move the turbine blades.
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(archaic) An engine moved by water.
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Any water wheel or water-powered turbine, especially any small motor driven by water under pressure.
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(uncountable) Mechanical or electrical energy derived from running or falling water; originally obtained from a waterwheel immersed in a stream; modern hydroelectric power is obtained from turbines fed from reservoirs.
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Alternative spelling of water jet [A jet of water.]
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a wind-driven machine: wind turbine, windmill, wind generator
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A collection of wind turbines, especially a large-scale array, used to generate electricity.
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a wind-driven generator, working on the same principle as a wind turbine but usually on a smaller scale, used for example for charging batteries on sailing boats.
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An electrically driven fan for generating currents of air during the production of films etc.
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Rare spelling of windmill. [A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.]
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(of ventilation) Occurring with the presence of a wind, although a rotary wind-driven ventilator on a vehicle can also be activated by movement of the vehicle.
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Archaic spelling of windmill. [A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.]
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Alternative spelling of wind farm. [A collection of wind turbines, especially a large-scale array, used to generate electricity.]
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A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails.
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(aviation) A restart of a jet engine using the kinetic energy of the aircraft.
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A structure somewhat like a windmill for pumping water, either for drainage or for irrigation
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(aviation) A large, conical, open-ended tube designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed, used especially at smaller airfields.
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