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Journalists are in the same madly rocking boat as diplomats and statesmen. Like them, when the Cold War ended, they looked for a new world order and found a new world disorder. If making and conducting foreign policy in today's turbulent environment is difficult, so is practicing journalism.
Henry Grunwald

Meaning of "turbulent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TURBULENT

From Latin turbulentus, from turba confusion.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TURBULENT

turbulent  [ˈtɜːbjʊlənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TURBULENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Turbulent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TURBULENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

turbulent

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 turbulent in the English dictionary

The definition of turbulent in the dictionary is being in a state of turbulence. Other definition of turbulent is wild or insubordinate; unruly.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TURBULENT


ambulant
ˈæmbjʊlənt
anticoagulant
ˌæntɪkəʊˈæɡjʊlənt
coagulant
kəʊˈæɡjʊlənt
corpulent
ˈkɔːpjʊlənt
flatulent
ˈflætjʊlənt
flocculant
ˈflɒkjʊlənt
flocculent
ˈflɒkjʊlənt
fraudulent
ˈfrɔːdjʊlənt
immunostimulant
ˌɪmjʊnəʊˈstɪmjʊlənt
inoculant
ɪˈnɒkjʊlənt
nonturbulent
ˌnɒnˈtɜːbjʊlənt
opulent
ˈɒpjʊlənt
petulant
ˈpɛtjʊlənt
postulant
ˈpɒstjʊlənt
simulant
ˈsɪmjʊlənt
somnambulant
sɒmˈnæmbjʊlənt
stimulant
ˈstɪmjʊlənt
succulent
ˈsʌkjʊlənt
tintinnabulant
ˌtɪntɪˈnæbjʊlənt
truculent
ˈtrʌkjʊlənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TURBULENT

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE TURBULENT

acidulent
avirulent
crapulent
equivalent
excellent
feculent
hypervirulent
inesculent
luculent
mucopurulent
patulent
puberulent
pulverulent
purulent
seropurulent
silent
supervirulent
talent
temulent
virulent

Synonyms and antonyms of turbulent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TURBULENT»

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

Translation of «turbulent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TURBULENT

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

Translator English - Chinese

动荡的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

turbulento
570 millions of speakers

English

turbulent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अशांत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مضطرب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

турбулентный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

turbulento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবাধ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

turbulent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bergolak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

turbulent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

動乱の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

격동의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Turbulent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hỗn loạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொந்தளிப்பான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनावर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çalkantılı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

turbolento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Burzliwa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

турбулентний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

turbulent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταραχώδη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onstuimige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

turbulent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

turbulent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of turbulent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TURBULENT»

The term «turbulent» is very widely used and occupies the 23.212 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TURBULENT» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «TURBULENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word turbulent.
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Max Born
And the continuity of our science has not been affected by all these turbulent happenings, as the older theories have always been included as limiting cases in the new ones.
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Robert Burns
I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.
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Frank Gaffney
To his lasting credit, President Reagan never wavered. He recognized the strategic importance of staying the course, both in terms of denying Moscow the military hegemony it sought in Western Europe and of restoring the will, cohesiveness, and security of the NATO alliance, so badly frayed during the turbulent 1970s.
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Andy Grove
So give me a turbulent world as opposed to a quiet world and I'll take the turbulent one.
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Henry Grunwald
Journalists are in the same madly rocking boat as diplomats and statesmen. Like them, when the Cold War ended, they looked for a new world order and found a new world disorder. If making and conducting foreign policy in today's turbulent environment is difficult, so is practicing journalism.
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Alexander Hamilton
The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
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Kevin Kelly
But in a turbulent environment the change is so widespread that it just routes around any kind of central authority. So it is best to manage the bottom-up change rather than try to institute it from the top down.
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Kevin Kelly
The current understanding was that it was impossible to predict how something would evolve because it was a very turbulent environment full of things interacting with each other.
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Sue Monk Kidd
I grew up in the American South and came of age in the 1960s, an incredibly turbulent time. It was as if the seams of American life were being ripped apart with riots and protests.
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Mikhail Lermontov
Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TURBULENT»

Discover the use of turbulent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to turbulent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Turbulent Flows
Graduate text on turbulent flow, an important topic in fluid mechanics.
S. B. Pope, 2000
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Turbulent Decade: A History of the Cultural Revolution
The present volume, Turbulent Decade: A History of the Cultural Revolution, is based on the revised edition and has been masterfully edited and translated by D. W. Y. Kwok in consultation with the authors.
Jiaqi Yan, Gao Gao, Danny Wynn Ye Kwok, 1996
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Turbulent Jets
Turbulent Jets
N. Rajaratnam, 1976
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A Turbulent Voyage: Readings in African American Studies
In selecting materials for this book, Floyd W. Hayes was guided by a developmental or historical approach in the general compilation of each section's readings.
Floyd Windom Hayes, 2000
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Turbulent Flows: Fundamentals, Experiments and Modeling
This book allows readers to tackle the challenges of turbulent flow problems with confidence. It covers the fundamentals of turbulence, various modeling approaches, and experimental studies.
G. Biswas, V. Eswaran, 2002
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Turbulent Combustion
This book will be of value to researchers and students of engineering and applied mathematics by demonstrating the current theories of turbulent combustion within a unified presentation of the field.
Norbert Peters, 2000
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Turbulent Flows: Models and Physics
This book offers to students, engineers, CFD modelers, and scientists a detailed synthetic presentation of turbulence physics and modeling with the possibility to find a quick route through the jungle of publications and models.
Jean Piquet, 1999
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An Introduction to Turbulent Flow
First published in 2000, this book provides the physical and mathematical framework necessary to understand turbulent flow.
Jean Mathieu, Julian Scott, 2000
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The Structure of Turbulent Shear Flow
Develops a physical theory from the mass of experimental results, with revisions to reflect advances of recent years.
Albert A. Townsend, 1980
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Turbulent Flow: Analysis, Measurement, and Prediction
Comprehensive, unique coverage of turbulent flow including modern prediction and measurement Turbulent Flow presents the essential physical and analytical background that enables readers to make informed decisions when choosing the best ...
Peter S. Bernard, James M. Wallace, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TURBULENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term turbulent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Turbulent Weather Puts on a Show for the Camera
Meteorologist Brad Sugden has some answers about what had everybody looking skyward on Friday afternoon. "Many of you asked, 'What kind of clouds are ... «WOWT, Jul 15»
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Rugby-Namibia's players call for unity after turbulent week
... World Cup training squad has taken the unusual step of issuing a statement calling for unity and the public's backing in the wake of a turbulent time off the field ... «Reuters UK, Jul 15»
3
RAPTOR turbulent combustion code selected for next-gen …
RAPTOR, a turbulent combustion code developed by Sandia National Laboratories mechanical engineer Joseph Oefelein, was selected as one of 13 ... «Phys.Org, May 15»
4
Turbulent Jet ready for takeoff at Rosehill
Turbulent Jet has never performed as well as he did first-up when he ran second to Alberto Magic,'' Curtis said. “I've noticed since that run he has been keener ... «The Daily Telegraph, May 15»
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Professor seeks clarity in turbulent Middle Eastern issues
David Romano in Strong Hall Dr. David Romano's loved ones sometimes ask if he'd prefer to study a less volatile part of the world – Norwegian beaches, ... «Missouri State News, May 15»
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Turbulent times ahead for workers compensation
ORLANDO, Fla. — Despite improved financial indicators, the head of the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. says the workers compensation ... «Business Insurance, May 15»
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3 Momentum Picks Under $10 to Sail the Turbulent Market
Sailing across the ocean can be a fun and relaxing experience until the weather turns turbulent. Under such circumstances, gaining mastery over the sea ... «Zacks.com, Apr 15»
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Van Gogh's Turbulent Mind Captured Turbulence
The scientists wanted to check whether there was some kind of mathematical correlation between van Gogh's creation and turbulence as measured in natural ... «NPR, Apr 15»
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The physics of clouds: Experimental results disprove long-held …
Cloud streets -- long rows of cumulus clouds oriented parallel to the direction of the wind -- are an everyday example of natural turbulent convection. Credit: ... «Phys.Org, Mar 15»
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Thames Valley Police Chief Constable: new recruit faces turbulent
Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley Anthony Stansfeld has opened recruitment for her replacement to tackle the coming "turbulent period". «getreading, Feb 15»

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