impeller

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See also: Impeller

English

Etymology

From impel +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)

Noun

impeller (plural impellers)

  1. Something which or someone who impels.
    1. 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
      1. 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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