gas turbine

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gas turbine

Summary

gas turbine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,328 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • gas turbine is credited with the discovery of John Barber[2].
  • gas turbine is a type of turbine[3].
  • gas turbine's Commons category is recorded as Gas turbines[4].
  • gas turbine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1791[5].
  • gas turbine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gas turbines[6].
  • gas turbine's Commons gallery is recorded as Gas turbine[7].
  • gas turbine's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as generator:type=gas_turbine[8].
  • gas turbine's different from is recorded as gas turbine engine[9].

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Definition and Type

gas turbine is a type of turbine[3].

Why It Matters

gas turbine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,328 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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  1. 16d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of turbine
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 2339721
    Topic's main category Category:Gas turbines
    Subclass of
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 14053, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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