impeller

== English == === Etymology === From impel + er. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ) === Noun === impeller (plural impellers) Something which or someone who impels. A rotating component of a device that accelerates fluid, increasing its pressure or flowrate. Coordinate term: turbine (extracts power rather than adding it) Hyponym: propeller Especially, such a component that drives the fluid radially (outward from a center of rotation) rather than axially. (Impellers are found in devices such as pumps, water jets, washing machines, and agitated tanks.) Coordinate term: propeller Holonym: torque converter ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === impeller on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === per mille, permille