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Turbulence - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Turbulence : (noun)
1: unstable flow of a liquid or gas [syn: turbulency]
2: instability in the atmosphere
3: a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics
or social conditions generally); "the industrial
revolution was a period of great turbulence" [syn: upheaval,
Sturm und Drang]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Turbulence : \Tur"bu*lence\, n. [L. turbulentia: cf. F.
turbulebce.]
The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state;
tumult; disorder; agitation. --Shak.
The years of . . . warfare and turbulence which ensued.
--Southey.
Syn: Agitation; commotion; tumult; tumultuousness;
termagance; unruliness; insubordination; rioting.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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