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IMPELLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impeller mean? 

IMPELLER (noun)
  The noun IMPELLER has 1 sense:

1. the blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine)play

  Familiarity information: IMPELLER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IMPELLER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("impeller" is a kind of...):

blade; vane (flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water)

Holonyms ("impeller" is a part of...):

rotor (rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils)

Derivation:

impel (cause to move forward with force)


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