Meanings
adjectiveturbinelike (comparative more turbinelike, superlative most turbinelike)
comparative more turbinelike · superlative most turbinelike
- Resembling or characteristic of a turbine.
Accelerating onto Interstate 10, though, incites a turbinelike zing — quite pleasant, really, if not as satisfying as the guttural bark of a V-8 — and the Clarity blends effortlessly into traffic.
2007 December 9, Norman Mayersohn, “Hydrogen Car Is Here, a Bit Ahead of Its Time”, in New York Times
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turbinelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbinelike
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“turbinelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbinelike. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turbinelike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbinelike.
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