Turbine vs Turbo - What's the difference?
turbine | turbo |
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.
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As nouns the difference between turbine and turbo
is that turbine is 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 while turbo is turbocharger.turbine
English
(wikipedia turbine)Noun
(en noun)Lee S. Langston, magazine=(American Scientist)
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.}}
