Meaning Of The Word Impulse turbine

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impulse turbine in American English
a kind of turbine having rotor blades so shaped that the force of jets of fluid striking against the blades moves the wheel, without pressure drop occurring across the blades
noun: a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor

impulse turbine in British English
noun: a turbine in which the expansion of the fluid, often steam, is completed in a static nozzle, the torque being produced by the change in momentum of the fluid impinging on curved rotor blades

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