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- noun Plural form of
turbine .
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Examples
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Each of its 25 upright cylindrical turbines is encircled by a vertically aligned apparatus that spins slowly and in virtual silence.
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Instead of digging coal to boil water to make steam to spin turbines to make electricity, we're sucking it straight from the wind and sun.
Andy Mannle: Why the Green Economy is Unstoppable -- and 10 Ways it's Making Life Better Andy Mannle 2010
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Instead of digging coal to boil water to make steam to spin turbines to make electricity, we're sucking it straight from the wind and sun.
Andy Mannle: Why the Green Economy is Unstoppable -- and 10 Ways it's Making Life Better Andy Mannle 2010
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Instead of digging coal to boil water to make steam to spin turbines to make electricity, we're sucking it straight from the wind and sun.
Andy Mannle: Why the Green Economy is Unstoppable -- and 10 Ways it's Making Life Better Andy Mannle 2010
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Instead of digging coal to boil water to make steam to spin turbines to make electricity, we're sucking it straight from the wind and sun.
Andy Mannle: Why the Green Economy is Unstoppable -- and 10 Ways it's Making Life Better Andy Mannle 2010
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Instead of digging coal to boil water to make steam to spin turbines to make electricity, we're sucking it straight from the wind and sun.
Andy Mannle: Why the Green Economy is Unstoppable -- and 10 Ways it's Making Life Better Andy Mannle 2010
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Use steam to spin turbines and run generators to make electricity then transport it long distances to connect to a coil at the bottom of a tank - to make hot water.
Big Steps To Make Our Cities and Buildings Better | Inhabitat 2010
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The construction of these small wind turbines is highly regulated.
Is Southold Holding up Wind Power at Shinn Estate Vineyards? 2009
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The electricity generated by the turbines is transmitted to the ground via the reinforced composite tether that anchors the kite to the ground.
Airborne Wind Turbines to Generate Power Using High-Altitude Winds | Impact Lab 2010
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Instead of digging coal to boil water to make steam to spin turbines to make electricity, we're sucking it straight from the wind and sun.
Andy Mannle: Why the Green Economy is Unstoppable -- and 10 Ways it's Making Life Better Andy Mannle 2010
racquelcline commented on the word turbines
ive been looking for some information for a sustainability paper and i dont know half the words i read, such as turbines. "..as developers work through their backlog of previously purchased turbines."
November 1, 2010