impeller

See also: Impeller

English

Etymology

impel +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)

Noun

impeller (plural impellers)

Something which or someone who impels.
2. A rotating component of a device that accelerates fluid, increasing its pressure or flowrate.
  Coordinate term: turbine (extracts power rather than adding it)
  
  Hyponym: propeller
  
  screw impeller
  2. 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.)
    Coordinate term: propeller
    
    Holonym: torque converter

Related terms

Translations

something which or someone who impels

Finnish: yllyttäjä (fi)

component

Finnish: juoksupyörä (fi), siipipyörä, siivikko
Polish: wirnik (pl) m

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Arabic: ^{(please verify)} دفاعة m
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 葉輪／叶轮 (zh) (yèlún)
Czech: ^{(please verify)} rotor (cs) m
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} schoepenrad (nl) n
German: ^{(please verify)} Impeller (de) m
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} इम्पेलर m (impelar)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} girante (it) f
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} インペラー
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} impeller m
Persian: ^{(please verify)} پروانه (fa)
Russian: ^{(please verify)} импе́ллер (ru) m (impéller)
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} impeler m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} rodete (es) m
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} impeller c
Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} імпе́лер m (impéler)

Anagrams

per mille, permille