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turbulence |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: turbulence n 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}]
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