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| Domain | Definition |
Energy | A turbine that uses water pressure to rotate its blades; the primary types are the Pelton wheel, for high heads (pressure); the Francis turbine, for low to medium heads; and the Kaplan for a wide range of heads. Primarily used to power an electric generator. (references) |
Mining | A prime mover coupled to an alternator, using a purely rotary motion to generate an alternating current. The main types of water turbines are (1) the Pelton wheel for high heads, (2) the Francis turbine for low to medium heads, and (3) the Kaplan turbine for a wide range of heads. (references) |
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Crosswords: WATER TURBINE |
| Specialty definitions using "WATER TURBINE": Electrical generator ♦ mixed-flow turbine ♦ Pelton wheel ♦ specific speed. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Water turbine and electric generator at municipal power plant. Logan, Utah. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Language | Translations for "WATER TURBINE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Japanese Kanji | プロペラ水車 (propeller water turbine). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | プロペラすいしゃ (propeller water turbine). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | aterway urbinetay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-i-n-r-r-t-t-u-w" | |
-3 letters: butterier, rewritten, tribunate, turbinate. | |
-4 letters: banterer, barrette, battener, batterie, berretta, birretta, bitterer, brattier, braunite, brawnier, brunette, interwar, intubate, rattener, rebutter, renature, retainer, retirant, reuniter, unbitter, unwarier, urbanite, waterier, winterer. | |
-5 letters: abetter, abutter, arbiter, arenite, ariette, barnier, battier, beretta, betaine, biretta, bittern, bruiter, burette, entreat, intreat, iterant, iterate, nattier, nettier, nitrate, nuttier, rarebit, ratteen. | |
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