wind turbine

noun

: a wind-driven turbine for generating electricity

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California will be the first region in the U.S. to use floating wind turbines. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025 Now consider how big the problem could be across Europe and China, which have the world's largest wind turbines. New Atlas, 14 Feb. 2025 Electric vehicle batteries, wind turbines, and solar photovoltaics demand significantly higher quantities of minerals and rare earth elements compared to their conventional counterparts. Michaela Rychetska and Aissa Dearing, JSTOR Daily, 13 Feb. 2025 The Lava Ridge project, which proposed building as many as 230 wind turbines up to 660 feet tall to provide clean energy, was proposed by Magic Valley Energy. Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wind turbine

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wind turbine was in 1909

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“Wind turbine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20turbine. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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