单词 | pelton wheel |
释义 | Pelton wheel[ pel-tn ] / ˈpɛl tn / nouna high-pressure impulse water turbine in which one or more free jets of water are directed against the buckets of the rotor. Origin of Pelton wheel1880–85; named after L. A. Pelton (died 1908), U.S. engineer, its inventor Words nearby Pelton wheelpelter, Peltier effect, Peltier element, Peltier heat, pelting, Pelton wheel, peltry, pelvi-, pelvic, pelvic arch, pelvic axis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for Pelton wheelPelton wheel / (ˈpɛltən) / nouna type of impulse turbine in which specially shaped buckets mounted on the perimeter of a wheel are struck by a fast-flowing water jet Word Origin for Pelton wheelC19: named after L. A. Pelton (1829–1908), US engineer who invented it Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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