Usually means: Water-powered, high-speed, impulse turbine.
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▸ noun:  (hydroelectricity) A form of impulse turbine or water wheel, extracting energy from the impulse of moving water

Similar:
water turbine, water wheel, water-wheel, waterwheel, hydroelectric generator, turbine pump, water motor, Tyson turbine, Poncelet wheel, windwheel, more...

Opposite:
Francis turbine, Kaplturbine, cross-flow turbine

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Similar:
water turbine, water wheel, water-wheel, waterwheel, hydroelectric generator, turbine pump, water motor, Tyson turbine, Poncelet wheel, windwheel, more...

Opposite:
Francis turbine, Kaplturbine, cross-flow turbine



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