impeller

See also: Impeller

English

Etymology

impel +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)

Noun

impeller (plural impellers)

2. 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

• expel
• expeller
• impel

 

Translations

something which or someone who impels

• Finnish: yllyttäjä (fi)

component

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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• 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)

Further reading

• impeller on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• per mille, permille