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Definition of Impeller
1. Noun. The blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine).
Definition of Impeller
1. n. One who, or that which, impels.
Definition of Impeller
1. Noun. Something which or someone who impels, usually a part of a pump. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impeller
1. one that impels [n -S] - See also: impels
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impeller
Literary usage of Impeller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1917)
"In the progress of the work, the impeller was worn and badly damaged by a stone or
... The impeller was taken out of the pump and taken to the plaintiff, ..."
2. Centrifugal Pumps: Their Design and Construction by Louis Centennial Loewenstein, Clarence Philip Crissey (1911)
"The poorest efficiencies were obtained with impeller blades decidedly turned forward,
... impeller blades with ft, = 90° were much poorer in efficiency than ..."
3. Centrifugal Pumps: Their Design and Construction by Louis Centennial Loewenstein, Clarence Philip Crissey (1911)
"When directing vanes are used the same resistance head occurs at exit from the
vanes as at entrance to the impeller. Further, at entrance to the directing ..."
4. Elements of Hydraulics by Stephen Elmer Slocum (1917)
"each side of the impeller which is therefore perfectly balanced against end
thrust (Fig. 196). A side-suction pump, however, is simpler in construction, ..."
5. Elements of Hydraulics by Stephen Elmer Slocum (1915)
"the impeller (Fig. 182). The water is picked up at the inner edges of the impeller
vanes and rapidly accelerated as it flows between them, until when it ..."
6. Centrifugal Pumps by Robert Long Daugherty (1915)
"The impeller.—impellers are either of the open or the en- dosed type. ... It may
be seen that this was a natural evolution of the impeller of the primitive ..."
7. Sewerage and Sewage Treatment by Harold Eaton Babbitt (1922)
"The impeller should he of bronze, gun metal, or other alloy, ... The impeller
should be machined and polished to reduce the friction with the liquid. ..."
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