Category:Turbine

Tur"bine, n. Etym: [l. turbo, -inis, that which spins or whirls Round, whirl.]

Defn: a water wheel, commonly horizontal, variously constructed, but Usually having a series of curved floats or buckets, against which The water acts by its impulse or reaction in flowing either outward From a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above Downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel.

Note: in some turbines, the water is supplied to the wheel from Below, instead of above. Turbines in which the water flows in a Direction parallel to the axis are called parallel-flow turbines.