An air turbine is a turbine driven by airflow. Various forms include:
- Wind turbine, a renewable energy source
- Ram air turbine (RAT), an emergency power system for aircraft
- Small air turbines, used as high-speed pneumatic motors in tools such as dentist's drills.
Famous quotes containing the word air:
“We’re talking scum here. Air should be illegal if they breathe it.”
—Washington, DC, Policeman. quoted by P.J. O’Rourke in Rolling Stone (New York, 30 Nov. 1989)