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Pelton wheel
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tn
/
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pel
-tn
]
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noun
a high-pressure impulse water turbine in
which
one or more free jets of water are directed against the buckets of the rotor.
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Origin:
1880–85;
named after L. A.
Pelton
(died 1908), U.S. engineer, its inventor
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Pelton wheel
(ˈpɛltən)
—
n
a type of impulse turbine in which specially shaped buckets mounted on the perimeter of a wheel are struck by a fast-flowing water jet
[C19: named after L. A.
Pelton
(1829--1908), US engineer who invented it]
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