reaction turbine
noun
A turbine in which the working fluid accelerates or expands and undergoes a drop in pressure in passing across or through the rotor, which is thereby propelled in the opposite direction to the flow.
Origin
Mid 19th century. After French turbine hydraulique à réaction.
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