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GAS-TURBINE SHIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gas-turbine ship mean?
• GAS-TURBINE SHIP (noun)
The noun GAS-TURBINE SHIP has 1 sense:
1. a ship powered by a gas turbine
Familiarity information: GAS-TURBINE SHIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ship powered by a gas turbine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gas-turbine ship" is a kind of...):
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
Meronyms (parts of "gas-turbine ship"):
gas turbine (turbine that converts the chemical energy of a liquid fuel into mechanical energy by internal combustion; gaseous products of the fuel (which is burned in compressed air) are expanded through a turbine)
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