Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gas_turbine

1 sense of gas turbine

Sense 1
gas turbine -- (turbine that converts the chemical energy of a liquid fuel into mechanical energy by internal combustion; gaseous products of the fuel (which is burned in compressed air) are expanded through a turbine)
       => turbine -- (rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate)