n.
- The state or quality of being turbulent: times of turbulence and confusion.
- Turbulent flow.
- An eddying motion of the atmosphere that interrupts the flow of wind.
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turbulence
American Heritage Dictionary:
tur·bu·lence |
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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia:
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Roget's Thesaurus:
turbulence |
noun
- The condition of being physically agitated: agitation, commotion, convulsion. See calm/agitation.
- An interruption of regular procedure or of public peace: agitation, commotion, disorder, disturbance, helter-skelter, stir1, tumult, turmoil, uproar. Informal flap, to-do. See calm/agitation, order/disorder.
Antonyms by Answers.com:
turbulence |
n
Definition: roughness
Antonyms: calmness
n
Definition: turmoil
Antonyms: calmness, peace
Columbia Encyclopedia:
turbulence |
turbulence, state of violent or agitated behavior in a fluid. Turbulent behavior is characteristic of systems of large numbers of particles, and its unpredictability and randomness has long thwarted attempts to fully understand it, even with such powerful tools as statistical mechanics. Although much is still unknown about turbulence, recent developments in nonlinear dynamics have led to an understanding of the onset of turbulence, and the advent of the supercomputer has enabled better models of turbulent states to be developed. Until the early 1970s, it was held that laminar, or smooth, flow made a gradual transition to turbulent flow by the addition of instabilities, one at a time, until the flow became unpredictable. Experimental work, however, has shown that the onset of turbulence occurs abruptly, and in fact is characterized by the so-called strange attractors of nonlinear dynamics. Increased understanding of turbulent flow through supercomputer models is leading to advances in such diverse areas as the design of better airplane wings and artificial heart valves.
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IN BRIEF: A state of violent disorder.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Aviation:
turbulence |
i. The short period and small-scale oscillations in fluid flow.
ii. A state of fluid flow in which the instantaneous velocities exhibit irregular and apparently random fluctuations so that in practice only its statistical properties can be recognized.
ii. A state of fluid flow in which the instantaneous velocities exhibit irregular and apparently random fluctuations so that in practice only its statistical properties can be recognized.
Mosby's Dental Dictionary:
turbulence |
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Casting term used to denote irregular flow of metal into a mold. May result in porosity.
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- Aviation and Aerodynamics - turbulence: irregular motion of air that disrupts smooth flight
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Translations:
Turbulence |
Nederlands (Dutch)
onrust, turbulentie
Français (French)
n. - turbulences (de l'air), turbulence (des vagues), perturbations
Deutsch (German)
n. - Turbulenz, Wirbel, Aufruhr, Unruhe
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σάλος, ανατάραξη, στροβιλισμός, στρόβιλος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - turbulência (f), perturbação (f)
Русский (Russian)
бурность, буйность, (спец.) турбулентность
Español (Spanish)
n. - turbulencia
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - oro, upprördhet, häftighet, våldsamhet, turbulens
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
喧嚣, 骚乱, 狂暴
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 喧囂, 騷亂, 狂暴
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大荒れ, 動乱, 乱気流, 乱流
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) اضطراب, فتنه, شغب, تمرد
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מערבולת אוויר או נוזל, סערה כתוצאה מהפרעות אטמוספריות, תסיסה, התפרעות, רעש, תכונה
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