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by agurk 1918 days ago
You're right I did misspeak about the definition of a impeller/turbine.

Never is a strong word though and there are such things as turbine pumps which are not true turbines[0]. As far as I can tell they've never been used for engine applications.

Regarding pumps they operate on a fluid, of which air is definitely classed as. [1]

[0] https://www.globalspec.com/learnmore/flow_transfer_control/p...

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump