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turbine

rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow
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Summary

turbine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,106 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: turbomachinery[2], engine[3]
  • Commons category: Turbines (turbomachine component)[4]
  • Opposite of: mechanical fan[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Turbines[6]
  • Described at URL: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/mlg/mss/HaitianCreole_ms_T.pdf[7]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[11]
  • Different from: Turbina[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

turbine has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] turbine is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · O Breixo · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 195168
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 195168"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0010175-turbiny
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0010175-turbiny, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
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