different between turbine vs turbofan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turb?, turbinem (“tornado, whirlwind; crowd”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?(?)ba?n/, /?t?(?)b?n/

Noun

turbine (plural turbines)

1. 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.

Derived terms

Related terms

• turbid
• turbojet, turbo-jet
• turbomachinery

Translations

Further reading

• turbine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• turbine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• turbine at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Tribune, tribune, tuberin

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /turbi?n?/, [?t?u???b?i?n?]

Noun

turbine c (singular definite turbinen, plural indefinite turbiner)

1. turbine

Declension

References

• “turbine” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?r?bin?/

Noun

turbine f (plural turbines, diminutive turbinetje n)

1. turbine

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: turbin

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin turb?, turbinem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty?.bin/

Noun

turbine f (plural turbines)

1. turbine

Derived terms

• turbine à gaz
• turbiner

Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

turbine

1. inflection of turbiner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “turbine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• butiner, tribune

Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

turbine

1. plural of turbina

Etymology 2

From Latin turbo, turbinem.

Noun

turbine m (plural turbini)

1. whirlwind

   Synonyms: vortice, mulinello

2. gust (of wind, snow, dust, etc.)

Anagrams

• brunite, tribune

Latin

Noun

turbine

1. ablative singular of turb?

Spanish

Verb

turbine

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of turbinar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of turbinar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of turbinar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of turbinar.

English

Etymology

turbo- +? fan

Noun

turbofan (plural turbofans)

1. (aviation) A turbojet engine having a (typically ducted) fan that forces air directly into the hot exhaust and obtains a portion of the thrust from the turbojet and a portion from the turbojet section.
   • 2005, Ronald D. Flack, Fundamentals of Jet Propulsion with Applications

     Turbofans are always multispool engines.

Synonyms

• fanjet

Related terms

• turbine
• turboprop
• turboshaft
• propfan

Translations

See also

• propjet
• gas turbine