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	Word or Phrase:	STEAM TURBINE POWER STATION *
	Definition:	A complex of buildings where electricity is produced using steam-powered turbines.

	Word or Phrase:	STEAM TURBINE *
	Definition:	A motor in which rotary motion is produced by steam power.

	Word or Phrase:	TURBINE HOUSE *
	Definition:	A building housing a turbine.

	Word or Phrase:	WATER TURBINE *
	Definition:	A prime mover in which a central wheel with curved vanes, enclosed in a chamber, receives water directed onto the curved vanes by a ring of fixed guide vanes, causing the wheel to rotate about its axis.

	Word or Phrase:	TURBINE MILL *
	Definition:	A mill which is powered by a turbine.

	Word or Phrase:	WIND TURBINE *
	Definition:	An apparatus designed with a large vaned wheel rotated by the wind in order to generate electricity.

	Word or Phrase:	GAS TURBINE *
	Definition:	A turbine driven by gas flow or the gas from combustion.

	Word or Phrase:	TURBINE *
	Definition:	A rotary prime mover. Turbines may be steam, water or gas operated.