Noun

(en noun)

Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Lee S. Langston, magazine=(American Scientist)

, title= The Adaptable Gas Turbine , passage=Turbines' have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin ''turbo'', meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a ' turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.}}

Noun

(en noun)

A small turbine, usually a gas turbine.

*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 25, author=Alec Appelbaum, title=Towers in Manhattan Gather Heat for Power, work=New York Times citation

, passage=Related also installed cogens with microturbines , smaller versions of the conventional engine, at Tribeca Green, an apartment complex in Lower Manhattan.}}