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".

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