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turbinelike en · ADJ

Etymology

From turbine + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a turbine.
   • Accelerating onto Interstate 10, though, incites a turbinelike zing — quite pleasant, really, if not as satisfying as the guttural bark of a V-8 — and the Clarity blends effortlessly into traffic. 2007 December 9, Norman Mayersohn, “Hydrogen Car Is Here, a Bit Ahead of Its Time”, in New York Times:

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