(fluid mechanics) A condition on numerical hydrodynamics calculations requiring that the time interval employed be no greater than that required for a sound wave to cross a spatial cell.
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(fluid mechanics) A condition on numerical hydrodynamics calculations requiring that the time interval employed be no greater than that required for a sound wave to cross a spatial cell.
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