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turbine

[tur-bin, -bahyn] / ˈtɜr bɪn, -baɪn /


NOUN
rotary engine
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As they move, they transfer angular momentum to the molecular structure, producing rotation in much the same way that moving air turns a wind turbine.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

"Laos has so much natural resources" -- wind, hydro and solar, Narut told AFP in an interview held below the spinning blades of a 110-metre-high turbine.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

A wind turbine installation vessel called the Wind Orca collided with a container ship berthed at the Port of Tyne.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Cranes have to remove the blades and the nacelles—the room-size housings that contain the turbine generators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Off the agency’s long hallways are laboratories filled with airplane wreckage: a mangled piece of an engine turbine, a problematic piece of a helicopter rotor.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

For Toukta, the 18 family members she lives with and other rice and coffee farmers residing near the turbines, Monsoon has brought new roads and improved access to fresh water and healthcare.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Critical minerals, which are a key focus of the summit, are needed for green technologies such as batteries and wind turbines that Europe sources mostly from China but are also in plentiful stock in Canada.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The quickly growing division has benefited from sales of large power-generation sets and turbines, which are powering data-center projects amid the artificial-intelligence boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Companies are spending gobs of money on chips, computers, power turbines and electrical equipment to house in newly built data centers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Today his turbines are working at full capacity, because both the Redondo and Palomar power plants have gone off-line.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman


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