impeller
See also: Impeller
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)
Noun
impeller (plural impellers)
- 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.)
- Coordinate term: propeller
- Holonym: torque converter
- 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.)
- A rotating component of a device that accelerates fluid, increasing its pressure or flowrate.
Translations
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