impeller

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Something which or someone who impels.
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.)

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impeller impellers

From impel + -er.

expel expeller impel

Finnish: yllyttäjä

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