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impeller

[ im-pel-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that impels.
  2. a rotor for transmitting motion, as in a centrifugal pump, blower, turbine, or fluid coupling.


impeller

/ ɪmˈpɛlə /

noun

  1. the vaned rotating disc of a centrifugal pump, compressor, etc
  2. a compressor or centrifugal pump having such an impeller


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Word History and Origins

Origin of impeller1

First recorded in 1675–85; impel + -er 1

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Example Sentences

Three pumps in series give therefore a lift of 720 ft. The pump consists of a central double-sided impeller 12 in.

The kids pried, pounded and bent the twisted impeller lift blades back into some semblance of alignment.

The patrol car was still three hundred yards astern when one of the bent and re-bent impeller blades let go.

She pressed the impeller—just as his left foot kicked in a high arc and caught the side of the barrel.

For instance, Zwingli asserted that God was the "author, mover, and impeller to sin."

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