- axial-flow wheel
- rare <mech.eng> (of compressor, pump, turbine) ■ Axialrad n ; Axiallaufrad n ; axialer Propeller m ; Axialläufer m ; Axialpropeller m
English-german technical dictionary. 2013.
English-german technical dictionary. 2013.
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