Turbine

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-028886",
  "term": "Turbine",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A motor activated by water, steam, or air to produce energy.\n\n2. A device with blades that can be turned by a force such as wind, water, or high pressure steam. The energy of a spinning turbine is converted into electricity by a generator.\n\n3. Device with blades that can be turned by a force such as wind, water, or high pressure steam. The energy of a spinning turbine is converted into electricity by a generator.\n\n4. Motor activated by water, steam, or air to produce energy\n\n5. Machine for generating rotary mechanical power from the energy in a stream of fluid. The energy, originally in the form of head or pressure energy, is converted to velocity energy by passing through a system of stationary and moving blades in the turbine.\n\n6. Machine that produces continuous power in which a wheel or rotor revolves by a fast-moving flow of water.",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Acid Rain Glossary",
    "Student's Guide to Global Climate Change",
    "DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Fuel Cell Technologies Glossary",
    "DOE Water Power Technologies Office Glossary of Hydropower Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/turbine/"
}