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IMPELLER
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I. (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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