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A form of irregular viscous flow in which the velocity and pressure of the fluid fluctuates at random in both time and space,
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: flow
Narrower terms: sea
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Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
湍流
(tuānliú)
— irregular viscous flow
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Czech:
turbulentní proudění
— irregular viscous flow
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Finnish:
pyörteinen virtaus
— irregular viscous flow
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French:
écoulement turbulent
— irregular viscous flow
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German:
turbulente Strömung
— irregular viscous flow
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Hungarian:
turbulens áramlás
— irregular viscous flow