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wind turbine

noun

: a wind-driven turbine for generating electricity

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For example, wind turbine service technicians and solar photovoltaic installers are the two fastest-growing jobs, but both occupations combined will add under 20,000 jobs by 2034. Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 30 Nov. 2025 View gallery - 3 images A bunch of materials called rare earth elements (REE) that are crucial for producing a vast range of tech products – from electric cars to smartphones to wind turbines – typically require destructive mining and processing practices to get them out of the ground. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 24 Nov. 2025 Increasingly, solar panels and wind turbines will be made in Africa, rather than shipped in. Andy Browne, semafor.com, 20 Nov. 2025 As a result, the wind turbines generate tens of thousands of tons of annual waste. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025 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 2 Dec. 2025.

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