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A '''turbine''' is a machine for generating rotary mechanical power from the [[energy]] of a stream of fluid (such as water, steam, or hot gas). Turbines convert the [[kinetic energy]] of fluids to mechanical energy through the principles of impulse and reaction, or a mixture of the two.
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A '''turbine''' is a machine for generating rotary mechanical [[power]] from the [[energy]] of a stream of fluid (such as [[water]], [[steam]], or hot [[gas]]). Turbines convert the [[kinetic energy]] of fluids to mechanical energy through the principles of impulse and reaction, or a mixture of the two.
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Revision as of 20:00, September 30, 2007

A turbine is a machine for generating rotary mechanical power from the energy of a stream of fluid (such as water, steam, or hot gas). Turbines convert the kinetic energy of fluids to mechanical energy through the principles of impulse and reaction, or a mixture of the two.