turbulent
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- adjective
- /ˈtɜrbjələnt/
- Specialized
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turbulento
- The turbulent river churned violently after the heavy rains.
- turbulent flow
- turbulent boundary layer
- turbulent atmosphere
Colonization of the valves means that we get turbulent blood flow and this causes a heart murmur.
- Colonization of the valves means that we get turbulent blood flow and this causes a heart murmur.
- And fundamentally fluids, they just are turbulent.
- The air tends to lay in in stable layers, stratified stable layers with very little turbulent mixing in a.
- To take an example which isn't as complicated, lots of people study the flow of fluids like water, why waves break, why flows go turbulent, things like that.
- When it pours, it pours with an irregular, floppy sort of flow we call turbulent flow.
- You said the density and temperature fluctuations are what drive these these turbulent flows that end up reducing your your heat transport.
- Do you truly love turbulent flow or do you just fake it for the Internet merch?
- And the wider it gets, the more it slows down because now that momentum is being shared through the sort of turbulent exchange going on.
Examples
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She's accustomed to the deafening noise and turbulent winds of the helicopter.
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Avery wanted to weep as she stared down at the turbulent river 20 feet below.
Fiction book (2002) -
This is like a turbulent moving sea.
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Did you know that is the most turbulent body of water on Earth ?
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Much too turbulent to make a landing from this direction.
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The SIR image of Jupiter shows in great detail the features of its turbulent atmosphere.
Academic text (2000) -
The infrared image indeed looked as if it were plunging toward the surface of a turbulent ocean.
Fiction book (1995) -
Hard-hitting southpaw, Marquez has had a less turbulent path to the top of the division.
Blog text (27) -
The water it floated on was foamy and turbulent, and the bird's wings were raised like white sails.
Fiction book (1990) -
Spanning these two imaginatively titled isles is a turbulent stretch of water known as the Cook Strait.
Synonyms
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Not organized and full of confusion
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Strong winds and heavy rain that make travel difficult
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A liquid that is shaken or stirred so it moves and mixes
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A liquid moving fast and making rough waves
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Very rough and stormy, with strong wind and big waves
Water that is cloudy and moving roughly
Water that moves in strong, swirling ways
Water or other liquid that has mud mixed into it
Antonyms
Compounds
How Turbulent
Surface Forms
Morphology
turbulent = turbulence (transparent) = turbul + ent
The physical sense ('moving in an irregular/agitated way') is a direct adjectival formation from 'turbulence'.
Etymology
Turbulent comes from the Latin turbare 'to disturb' and the image of things being strongly 'stirred'; picture water or air in a storm being tossed and mixed up. That's why we call rough, moving water or fast, changing air 'turbulent'.