English Explanatory Dictionary

Pelton wheel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of impulse turbine or water wheel, extracting energy from the impulse of moving water

Word forms

Pelton wheel Pelton wheels

Etymology

Invented by Lester Allan Pelton in the 1870s.

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