gas turbine

Noun gas turbine has 1 sense

• gas turbine(n = noun.artifact) - turbine that converts the chemical energy of a liquid fuel into mechanical energy by internal combustion; gaseous products of the fuel (which is burned in compressed air) are expanded through a turbine;
is a part of fan-jet, fanjet, fanjet engine, turbofan, turbofan engine, turbojet, turbojet engine, gas-turbine ship
is a kind of turbine