impeller
Something which or someone who impelsSomething which or someone who impels.
Meaning
3 sensesSomething which or someone who impels.
Something which or someone who impels.
A rotating component of a device that accelerates fluid, increasing its pressure or flowrate.
screw impeller
A rotating component of a device that accelerates fluid, increasing its pressure or flowrate.
Especially, such a component that drives the fluid radially (outward from a center of rotation) rather than axially. (Impellers are found in devices such as pumps, water jets, washing machines, and agitated tanks.)
Holonym: torque converter
- the blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine)
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From impel + er.From impel + er.
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