wind turbine
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- noun
- /wɪnd ˈtɜːrbaɪn/
- Specialized
- The wind turbine in the field generates electricity for the nearby homes.
- electricity from a wind turbine
- produce electricity with wind turbines
- wind turbine generation
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Watch on YouTubeSo what we're going to do here is we're going to do an experiment and we are going to turn electricity from our wind turbine into a gas that we can store.
- So what we're going to do here is we're going to do an experiment and we are going to turn electricity from our wind turbine into a gas that we can store.
- The differential heating from the sun, as you know, can create the winds, and the winds can turn a wind turbine.
- Wanting to seize farmers land to build wind turbines, solar panel farms, new developments.
- I I think investment in that technology should be the best thing for humanity, not investing in wind turbines and solar panels.
- And what that's done is make it harder to build dense housing or add solar panels or add wind turbines.
- But then they tried to blame the wind turbines for that failure when really it was a failure within the government of Texas.
- And those wind turbine things, bullshit.
- We've put in great forests of beautiful wind turbines on the drowned prairies of Dogger land between Britain and Holland in the North Sea.
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Next-generation vertical-axis wind turbines are also likely to grow to two or three times their current size.
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In the United States, utility wind turbines are the primary focus of new technology development.
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This is a wind turbine.
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What happens when you put these wind turbines too close together or too far apart?
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The design and development of the next generation of wind turbines have only just begun.
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Using current technology, wind turbines have the potential of producing 20% of the electrical energy in the U.S.
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Students may begin by familiarizing themselves with the various wind turbine designs now being offered.
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The second fastest growing job is wind turbine technician.
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Wind speed is, of course, variable, and thus wind turbines must operate over a range of wind velocities.
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The noise caused by rotating blades is another unavoidable side effect of wind turbine operation.
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Synonyms
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A structure with large blades that turn in the wind to make power or pump water
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A machine that uses wind to make electricity
A machine like a wind turbine that makes electricity from the wind
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'wind' (air movement) + 'turbine' (a device that converts fluid energy); a learner who knows both words can infer it is a turbine powered by wind to produce energy. This is a transparent, technically descriptive compound found cross-linguistically, so the overall sense is immediately predictable from its parts.
Etymology
The name wind turbine comes from a simple picture: the wind pushes the blades of a turbine, making it turn like a wheel. That's why wind turbine means a device that uses the wind to 'produce electricity'.