turbulence

English

Wikipedia

Turbulent flow around an object.

Noun

turbulence (countable and uncountable; plural turbulences)

1. (uncountable) The state or fact of being turbulent or agitated; tempestuousness, disturbance.
2. (uncountable) Disturbance in a gas or fluid, characterized by evidence of internal motion or unrest.
3. (uncountable) Specifically, a state of agitation or disturbance in the air which is disruptive to an aircraft.
4. An instance or type of such state or disturbance.

Related terms

• turbulent

Translations

disturbance in gas, fluid

• Danish: turbulens (da)
• Dutch: turbulentie (nl)
• Finnish: turbulenssi (fi)
• French: turbulence (fr) f
• Galician: turbulencia (gl) f
• German: Turbulenz (de) f
• Hungarian: turbulencia (hu)
• Italian: turbolenza (it)

• Korean: 난기류 (ko)
• Malay: gelora (ms), pergolakan (ms), turbulens (ms)
• Norwegian: turbulens (no)
• Romanian: tulburare (ro) f, turbulență (ro) f
• Russian: турбулентность (ru) (turbuléntnostʹ) f , турбуленция (ru) (turbuléncija) f 
• Spanish: turbulencia (es) f
• Swedish: turbulens (sv)

See also

• mechanical turbulence
• thermal turbulence