Aviation dictionary. 2014.
free turbine turboprop engine — A turboprop engine in which a separate turbine, one that is not a gas generator, drives the propeller. See free turbine … Aviation dictionary
free power turbine — An arrangement in which a turbine, or stage of turbines, in a gas turbine engine does not drive the compressor. Free turbines are used to drive the reduction gears for the propeller in a turboprop engine or the transmission and rotor of a… … Aviation dictionary
Free energy suppression — is a conspiracy theory that claims that advanced technology that would reshape current electrical generation methods is being suppressed by special interest groups. These groups are usually related to the oil industry, to whom current energy… … Wikipedia
free-pis|ton engine — «FREE PIHS tuhn», an internal combustion engine which has pairs of opposing pistons not connected to a crankshaft. When the two pistons come together after ignition, the exhaust gases are forced out and turn a turbine … Useful english dictionary
turbine — /terr bin, buyn/, n. any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as … Universalium
Turbine — A turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a fluid flow. Claude Burdin (1788 1873) coined the term from the Latin turbo , or vortex, during an 1828 engineering competition. Benoit Fourneyron (1802 1867), a student of Claude Burdin,… … Wikipedia
Free-piston engine — The free piston engine is a linear, crankless combustion engine, in which the piston motion is not controlled by a crankshaft but determined by the interaction of forces from the combustion cylinder gases, a rebound device and a load device.The… … Wikipedia
turbine — /ˈtɜbaɪn / (say terbuyn), Originally US / bən/ (say buhn) noun 1. any of a class of hydraulic motors in which a vaned wheel or runner is made to revolve by the impingement of a free jet of fluid (impulse turbine or action turbine) or by the… …
Free-flow interchange — A free flow interchange is an interchange in which all roads are grade separated, and where movement from one road to another does not require the driver to stop for traffic (for example, the interchange may not include traffic lights or… … Wikipedia
turbine — tur•bine [[t]ˈtɜr bɪn, baɪn[/t]] n. mac any of various machines having a rotor, usu. with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure or thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either in the form of free jets or as a fluid… … From formal English to slang
