wind turbine

noun

: a wind-driven turbine for generating electricity

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Officials say pulling it off will require a perfect concert of major port upgrades, hundreds of miles of new transmission lines and hundreds of wind turbines. Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 That would prevent claims of carbon neutrality based on faraway solar panels or wind turbines when the sun is not shining and the wind is calm. Arik Levinson, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026 China dominates renewable energy supply chains, producing a vast majority of the world’s solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and electric vehicles. Rudy Lu, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2026 That record-breaking streak has largely come down to plummeting costs for solar panels and wind turbines, the leading forms of clean power generation. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wind turbine

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wind turbine was in 1909

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“Wind turbine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20turbine. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.

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