water motor

noun

any form of prime mover or motor that is operated by the kinetic energy, pressure, or weight of water, especially a small turbine or waterwheel fitted to a pipe supplying water.

First recorded in 1880–85

With a soft roar the water-motor exploded into action, sending the shell far into the sky.

The name turbine was originally given in France to any water motor which revolved in a horizontal plane, the axis being vertical.

In designing or selecting a water motor it is not sufficient to consider only its efficiency in normal conditions of working.

The principle of the undershot wheel, however, is extensively used in the water motor and the Pelton wheel (Fig. 114).

When she arrived he was standing in the middle of the stream, explaining the mechanics of the water-motor to a group of men.

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