| 单词 | pelton wheel |
| 释义 | Pelton wheel in British English (ˈpɛltən) noun a type of impulse turbine in which specially shaped buckets mounted on the perimeter of a wheel are struck by a fast-flowing water jet Word origin C19: named after L. A. Pelton (1829–1908), US engineer who invented itPelton wheel in American English (ˈpeltn) noun a high-pressure impulse water turbine in which one or more free jets of water are directed againstthe buckets of the rotor Word origin [1880–85; named after L. A. Pelton (d. 1908), U.S. engineer, its inventor]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: highball, interface, irredentist, pari-mutuel, quotation mark |
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