gas turbine

noun

: an internal combustion engine in which expanding gases from the combustion chamber drive the blades of a turbine

Examples of gas turbine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Accordingly, our stocks linked to the buildout of AI data centers jumped, with gas turbine maker GE Vernova up almost 6% and electrical component supplier Eaton up more than 4%. —Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025

Mike O’Boyle, senior director of electricity policy at Energy Innovation, believes building too many new gas turbines poses unnecessary risks. —Delaney Nolan, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025

Thanks to these advantages, the wind turbines can be installed in as little as nine months, compared to the five years often required for HAWTs or gas turbines, and more than a decade for nuclear power plants. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025

Kutscher said gas turbines could be used in those cases and wouldn’t have to run 24 hours a day like a reactor would. —Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

gas turbine

noun

: an engine in which gases produced by burning fuel are used to spin blades connected to a drive shaft