gas turbine

noun

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

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Other oilfield players, such as Baker Hughes, SLB, and Solaris, are focused on increasing gas turbine manufacturing for data centers. Jordan Blum, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025 The Club stock posted excellent organic orders for gas turbines, but miserable orders for wind. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025 With current gas turbine backlogs, a natural gas plant can take five years and nuclear a decade or more. Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025 According to Landon Tessmer, vice president of commercial operations at ProEnergy, some data centers are using his company’s PE6000 gas turbines to provide the power needed during the data center’s construction and during its first few years of operation. IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gas turbine

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gas turbine was in 1904

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“Gas turbine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gas%20turbine. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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gas turbine

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

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