HYDROELECTRIC TURBINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Turbine consisting of a large and efficient version of a water wheel used to drive an electric generator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("hydroelectric turbine" is a kind of...):

turbine (rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hydroelectric turbine"):

Francis turbine (a type of hydroelectric turbine)

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