curtis stage

curtis stage
\\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

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