Associations to the word «Turbulent»

Wiktionary

TURBULENT, adjective. Violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous.
TURBULENT, adjective. Being in, or causing, disturbance or unrest.
TURBULENT FLOW, noun. (physics) A form of irregular viscous flow in which the velocity and pressure of the fluid fluctuates at random in both time and space,

Dictionary definition

TURBULENT, adjective. Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood".
TURBULENT, adjective. (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke