steam turbine

a turbine driven by steam pressure.

Origin of steam turbine

First recorded in 1890–95

steam-tur·bine, adjective

The opposite extreme is found in alternators directly coupled to the Parsons steam-turbine, in which, with a speed of 3000 revs.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 9 |Various
The steam-turbine and the twin-screw propeller have made rapid ocean travel possible.

The Story of Great Inventions |Elmer Ellsworth Burns
After nearly a century of experimenting and after many failures there was at last developed an engine known as the steam-turbine.

Stories of Useful Inventions |Samuel Eagle Foreman
The propeller is caused to revolve by a steam-engine, steam-turbine, or gasolene-engine, as shown in Fig. 35 .

Boys' Book of Model Boats |Raymond Francis Yates

One of the great inventions relating to steam-power is the steam-turbine.

The Story of Great Inventions |Elmer Ellsworth Burns

steam turbine

a turbine driven by steam