reaction turbine

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   a turbine with blades arranged to develop torque from gradual decrease of steam pressure from inlet to exhaust

   Broaderturbine

Questions about reaction turbine

What does reaction turbine mean?

reaction turbine means "a turbine with blades arranged to develop torque from gradual decrease of steam pressure from inlet to exhaust".

Is reaction turbine a common word?

reaction turbine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.