ˈkərd.ə̇s- noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: after Charles Gordon Curtis died 1953 American inventor
: a stage in the high-pressure section of a turbine consisting of two rows of impulse blades with intermediate reversing buckets
ˈkərd.ə̇s- noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: after Charles Gordon Curtis died 1953 American inventor
: a stage in the high-pressure section of a turbine consisting of two rows of impulse blades with intermediate reversing buckets
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012