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Meaning of "turbulence" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TURBULENCE

turbulence  [ˈtɜːbjʊləns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TURBULENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Turbulence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TURBULENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

turbulence

Turbulence

In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is a flow regime characterized by chaotic property changes. This includes low momentum diffusion, high momentum convection, and rapid variation of pressure and velocity in space and time. Flow in which the kinetic energy dies out due to the action of fluid molecular viscosity is called laminar flow. While there is no theorem relating the non-dimensional Reynolds number to turbulence, flows at Reynolds numbers larger than 5000 are typically turbulent, while those at low Reynolds numbers usually remain laminar. In Poiseuille flow, for example, turbulence can first be sustained if the Reynolds number is larger than a critical value of about 2040; moreover, the turbulence is generally interspersed with laminar flow until a larger Reynolds number of about 4000. In turbulent flow, unsteady vortices appear on many scales and interact with each other. Drag due to boundary layer skin friction increases. The structure and location of boundary layer separation often changes, sometimes resulting in a reduction of overall drag.

Definition of turbulence in the English dictionary

The first definition of turbulence in the dictionary is a state or condition of confusion, movement, or agitation; disorder. Other definition of turbulence is local instability in the atmosphere, oceans, or rivers. Turbulence is also turbulent flow in a liquid or gas.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TURBULENCE


ambulance
ˈæmbjʊləns
condolence
kənˈdəʊləns
corpulence
ˈkɔːpjʊləns
crapulence
ˈkræpjʊləns
feculence
ˈfekjʊləns
flatulence
ˈflætʃʊləns
flocculence
ˈflɒkjʊləns
fraudulence
ˈfrɔːdjʊləns
opulence
ˈɒpjʊləns
petulance
ˈpɛtjʊləns
pulverulence
pʌlˈvɛrʊləns
purulence
ˈpjʊərʊləns
redolence
ˈrɛdəʊləns
somnambulance
sɒmˈnæmbjʊləns
stridulance
ˈstrɪdjʊləns
succulence
ˈsʌkjʊləns
temulence
ˈtemjʊləns
truculence
ˈtrʌkjʊləns
undulance
ˈʌndjʊləns
virulence
ˈvɪrʊləns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TURBULENCE

turbo pump
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turbo-electric
turbocar
turbocharger
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turbofan
turbogenerator
turbojet
turbojet engine
turboprop
turboshaft
turbosupercharger
turbot
turbulator
turbulency
turbulent
turbulent flow
turbulently

WORDS THAT END LIKE TURBULENCE

ambivalence
at your convenience
benevolence
covalence
domestic violence
equivalence
excellence
indolence
insolence
malevolence
nonviolence
par excellence
pestilence
polyvalence
prevalence
radio silence
silence
somnolence
ultraviolence
valence
violence

Synonyms and antonyms of turbulence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TURBULENCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «turbulence» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of turbulence

Translation of «turbulence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TURBULENCE

Find out the translation of turbulence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of turbulence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «turbulence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

骚乱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

turbulencia
570 millions of speakers

English

turbulence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अशांति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اِضْطِراب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

турбулентность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

turbulência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবাধ্যতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

turbulence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pergolakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aufruhr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

激動
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

난기류
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kerusuhan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự hỗn loạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொந்தளிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोंधळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

türbülans
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

turbolenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

turbulencja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

турбулентність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

turbulență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναταραχή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onstuimigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

turbulens
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

turbulens
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of turbulence

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TURBULENCE»

The term «turbulence» is quite widely used and occupies the 23.809 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TURBULENCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about turbulence

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10 QUOTES WITH «TURBULENCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word turbulence.
1
Gautam Adani
Business is all about risk taking and managing uncertainties and turbulence.
2
Samantha Bond
I'm an appalling flyer. I get very tense, although I no longer weep uncontrollably for no reason - I just sob if there's turbulence.
3
Julia Cameron
Buy tabloids. Celebrity gossip is engrossing. Celebrity cellulite can make you forget turbulence.
4
Ramsey Clark
Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.
5
Denzil Douglas
Our people can draw on the tremendous strides made in recent years, not only in terms of advancing themselves spiritually and materially, but also in having weathered social and economic turbulence, triggered, in the main, by factors not of their own creation.
6
Robert Englund
Death by plane crash scares me. I travel a lot, and when you hit turbulence, and post 9/11, that's in the back of my mind a bit.
7
Kevin Kelly
When a system is in turbulence, the turbulence is not just out there in the environment, but is a part of the organization or organism that you are looking at.
8
Benoit Mandelbrot
The techniques I developed for studying turbulence, like weather, also apply to the stock market.
9
Paul Merton
I was flying to the Maldives in 2000 when the plane went through turbulence - after that, I didn't fly for four years. Then a job came up in India, so I did a simulator flight and learnt about what goes on in the cockpit. I'm fine now.
10
Daniela Pestova
Flying is awful, there's nothing to do when you're up in the air. I bloat up, my skin gets dry, and when we hit turbulence, I'm terrified.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TURBULENCE»

Discover the use of turbulence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to turbulence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Turbulence: The Legacy of A. N. Kolmogorov
This is the first book on turbulence to use modern ideas from chaos and symmetry breaking.
Uriel Frisch, Andreĭ Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, 1995
2
A First Course in Turbulence
Problems after each chapter.
Hendrik Tennekes, John Leask Lumley, 1972
3
Turbulence : An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers: ...
Based on a taught by the author at the University of Cambridge, this comprehensive text on turbulence and fluid dynamics is aimed at year 4 undergraduates and graduates in applied mathematics, physics, and engineering, and provides an ideal ...
P.A. Davidson, 2004
4
Imaging Through Turbulence
This hands-on book thoroughly discusses the nature of turbulence effects on optical imaging systems, techniques used to overcome these effects, performance analysis methods, and representative examples of performance.
Michael C. Roggemann, Byron M. Welsh, Bobby R. Hunt, 1996
5
Turbulence in Fluids
This is the 4th edition of a book originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Marcel Lesieur, 2008
6
Fundamentals Of Turbulence Modelling
Focuses on the second-order turbulence-closure model and its applications to engineering problems.
Ching Jen Chen, 1997
7
Turbulence in the Atmosphere
The book treats atmospheric and engineering turbulence in a unified way, gives clear explanation of the fundamental concepts of modeling turbulence, and has an up-to-date treatment of turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer.
John C. Wyngaard, 2010
8
Chemical Oscillations, Waves, and Turbulence
A fundamental and frequently cited book provides asymptotic methods applicable to the dynamics of self-oscillating fields of the reaction-diffusion type. Graduate level. 40 figures. 1984 edition.
Yoshiki Kuramoto, 2003
9
An Informal Conceptual Introduction to Turbulence: Second ...
This book is a second completely revised edition of An Informal Introduction to Turbulence.
Arkady Tsinober, 2009
10
An Introduction To Turbulence
Beginning with a description of turbulence, its various manifestations, and a brief history of study, this text also incorporates modern perspectives on turbulence.
Paul A. Libby, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TURBULENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term turbulence is used in the context of the following news items.
1
2 flight attendants, 1 passenger injured on flight at Dulles Airport due …
... flights at Dulles Airport requested medical assistance for two flight attendants and a passenger after the planes encountered turbulence Saturday afternoon. «WJLA, Jul 15»
2
Missouri pilot texts family about turbulence before deadly crash
A Missouri business owner died Sunday morning in a plane crash after texting his family that the aircraft had hit turbulence, authorities said. Two witnesses ... «Kansas City Star, Jun 15»
3
Newark-Bound Plane Diverted to Boston, 2 Injured in "King Kong …
Two people aboard an international Delta flight headed to Newark were taken to the hospital after violent turbulence that one passenger said felt as if "King ... «NBC New York, Apr 15»
4
Hawaii Storm: Severe Turbulence Injures Seven on United Flight 15
Seven people were injured when a plane was hit by turbulence en route from Newark to Hawaii on Saturday, officials said, as the Pacific island was struck by ... «NBCNews.com, Feb 15»
5
Watch: terrifying plane turbulence caught on camera
An American Airlines jet encountered severe air turbulence shortly after taking off from Seoul, South Korea, prompting an unscheduled landing at Narita ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
6
Air France cabin crew treated for concussion after severe turbulence
Four Air France cabin crew members suffered concussion when a flight from Paris to New York hit severe turbulence shortly after take-off on Tuesday. The airline ... «Daily Mail, Nov 14»
7
Here's What It Really Means When There's Turbulence During A Flight
[Editorial note: This is an updated version of an earlier post. Turbulence is once again the news, after a Singapore Airlines flight encountered rough conditions ... «Business Insider, Oct 14»
8
Turbulence injures flight attendant, passengers over Florida
The flight was en route from Fort Lauderdale to Asheville, North Carolina, on Monday when the flight attendant suffered head injuries during the turbulence. «WKMG Orlando, Aug 14»
9
South African Airways Passengers Hurt After Turbulence Rocks Jet
Passengers told of their terror Wednesday after their flight was hit by severe turbulence that left 20 people injured, two of them seriously. "I was forcefully flung ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 14»
10
Terrified passengers recall airliner's sudden, turbulent drop
Travelers looking for a relaxing trip to Orlando got off to a terrifying start Sunday when their flight suddenly dropped in turbulence, injuring several passengers. «CNN Travel, May 14»

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