modern turbine

collocation in English

meaningsofmodernandturbine

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modern
adjective
uk
/ˈmɒd.ən/us
/ˈmɑː.dɚn/
designed and made using the most recent ideas ...
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turbine
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtɜː.baɪn/us
/ˈtɝː.bɪn/
a type of machine through which liquid or gas flows and turns a special wheel with blades in order to ...
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(Definition ofmodernandturbinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Themodernturbine, or the turbine generator, is an extraordinarily delicate piece of machinery.
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Themodernturbine-powered unlimited hydroplane is derived from the 3-point prop-riding hydroplanes of the 1950s.
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Typically, the term is used for piston-powered airliners that flew before the beginning of the jet age, not formodernturbine-powered propeller airliners.
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In practice,modernturbinedesigns use both reaction and impulse concepts to varying degrees whenever possible.
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Modernturbinedesign carries the calculations further.
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Modern turbines make better use of available wind energy and so more wind power can come from the same area of land.
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Efficiency is often higher (that is, closer to 1) with larger and more modern turbines.
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The older generation turbines generate kilowatts, and the modern turbines installed generate up to 3 megawatts, depending on the specific turbine and manufacturer.
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Both old and modern turbines can be viewed in working state to this day.
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Originally commissioned in 1926, it was recently overhauled and now contains modern turbines and plant, though the original buildings are still in use.
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The migration from water wheels to modern turbines took about one hundred years.
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