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    Windmill
    Wind'mill` noun A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft. Chaucer.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/40
    
    
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    windmill
    A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?windmill
    
    
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    windmill
    aerogenerator noun generator that extracts usable energy from winds
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=windmill
    
    
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    Windmill
    • (n.) A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate from a horizontal shaft.
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    windmill
    device for tapping the energy of the wind by means of sails mounted on a rotating shaft. The sails are mounted at an angle or are given a slight ... [5 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/42
    
    
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    Windmill
    A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important non-mil...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill
    
    
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    windmill
    
    1. a mill that is powered by the wind
    2. generator that extracts usable energy from winds
    
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    Windmill
    A WECS that is used to grind grain, and that typically has a high-solidity rotor; commonly used to refer to all types of WECS.
    Found op http://www.electromn.com/glossary/w.htm
    
    
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    windmill
    Berkswell Windmill, West Midlands, England A wind energy conversion system (WECS) that is used to grind grain, and that typically has a high-solidity rotor; the term 'windmill' is often used to refer to all types of WECS. Windmills have been used by humans since at least 200 B.C. for gri...
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/W/AE_windmill.html
    
    
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    windmill
    windmill, apparatus that harnesses wind power for a variety of uses, e.g., pumping water, grinding corn, driving small sawmills, and driving electrical generators. Windmills were probably not known in Europe before the 12th cent., but thereafter they became familiar landmarks in Holland, England, Fr...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0852433.html
    
    
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    Windmill
    A windmill is a machine for grinding corn, pumping water etc., deriving its power from the pressure of the wind on its sails.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GW.HTM
    
    
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    windmill
    Click images to enlargeMill with sails or vanes that, by the action of wind upon them, drive machinery for grinding corn or pumping water, for example. Wind turbines, designed to use wind power on a large scale, usually have a propeller-type rotor mounted on a tall shell tower. The turbine dr...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0019532.html
    
    
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    windmill
    A device that uses wind power to mill grain into flour. But informally used as a synonym for wind generator or wind turbine, and to describe machines that pump water with wind power.
    Found op http://energybible.com/wind_energy/glossary.html
    
    

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