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impeller en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From impel + er.

Meanings

  1. Something which or someone who impels.
  2. Something which or someone who impels. ▸ A rotating component of a device that accelerates fluid, increasing its pressure or flowrate.
    • screw impeller
  3. Something which or someone who impels. ▸ A rotating component of a device that accelerates fluid, increasing its pressure or flowrate. ▸ Especially, such a component that drives the fluid radially (outward from a center of rotation) rather than axially. (Impellers are found in devices such as pumps, water jets, washing machines, and agitated tanks.)
    • Holonym: torque converter

Forms

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Coordinates

propeller · turbine · turbine

Relateds

expeller · expel · impel

Translations (5)

fi siivikko (component) · fi yllyttäjä (something which or someone who impels) · fi siipipyörä (component) · pl wirnik (component) · fi juoksupyörä (component)