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Gas turbine

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turbochargernounAn inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air.
turbocarnounA motor car powered by a gas turbine.
internal combustion enginenounA heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the resulting pressurized gas acts directly on the engine to do useful work, such as a piston engine, gas turbine, jet engine or rocket.
air turborocketnouna jet engine where a gas generator drives the turbine that drives the inlet compressor
turborocketnounA jet engine where the turbine that turns the inlet compressor is powered by a rocket engine.
turbonoun(video games) Autofire.
turboshaftnounA gas-turbine engine designed to transmit power by means of a geared shaft, used in helicopters and for land and marine vehicular and stationary applications.
turbomachinenounAny machine that transfers energy between a rotor and a fluid, including both turbines and compressors.
turbojetnoun(aeronautics) A jet engine that develops thrust solely from high-speed exhaust gases expelled from a turbine that drives a compressor.
internal-combustion enginenounAlternative form of internal combustion engine. [A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel.]
turbocompressornounA turbocharger.
turboalternatornounAn alternator powered by a steam turbine.
combustion enginenounAn engine that uses the combustion of fuel to produce work (movement).
turbotrainnounA train powered by a gas turbine
turbosuperchargernoun(automotive) A twincharger, a combination of a supercharger and a turbocharger.
jet enginenounAn engine that obtains thrust by taking in air at the front, using it to burn fuel, then ejecting the hot combustion products at the rear through a propulsive nozzle.
turbopumpnounA device consisting of a pump and a turbine mounted on the same shaft.
turbomachinerynounTurbomachines collectively.
turbo-ramjetnounA turbine-based combined-cycle ramjet engine (an aeroengine that has a turbine jet engine core combined with a ramjet engine core)
air enginenounAn engine put into motion by air expanded by heat.

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