What does "turbine" mean?

Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.

What is a synonym for "turbine"?

Common synonyms include: driver, energy converter, engine, engine component, fan, fourneyron.

/ˈtɜː.baɪn/ noun

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Noun

1
Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.
"Upstream from the house is a watermill, cased in gleaming white weather-boarding, which has been restored to working order. Near by is the water-driven turbine which [Rudyard] Kipling had installed in 1902 to light his mansion with electricity."
2
rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate wordnet

"The vegetation and the murmuring water calm my ardent mind. A wind turbine rotates behind the trees."

Borrowed from French turbine, from Latin turbō, turbinem (“tornado, whirlwind; crowd”).