impeller

impeller

See also: Impeller

English

Etymology

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English impel
English er
English impeller

    From impel + er.

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    • Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)

    Noun

    impeller (plural impellers)

    2. Something which or someone who impels.
      2. A rotating component of a device that accelerates fluid, increasing its pressure or flowrate.
        Coordinate term: turbine (extracts power rather than adding it)
        Hyponym: propeller
        screw impeller
        2. 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.)
          Coordinate term: propeller
          Holonym: torque converter

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