turbulence

English

Turbulent flow around an object.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turbulentia, or from turbulent +‎ -ence.

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 湍流 (zh) (tuānliú)

• Danish: turbulens c
• Dutch: turbulentie (nl)
• Finnish: turbulenssi (fi)
• French: turbulence (fr) f
• Galician: turbulencia f
• German: Turbulenz (de) f
• Hungarian: turbulencia (hu)
• Italian: turbolenza (it)
• Korean: 난기류 (ko) (nan'giryu)
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• Malay: gelora, pergolakan, turbulens
• Maori: puahiri (refers to waves in a storm)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: turbulens m

  Nynorsk: turbulens m

• Portuguese: turbulência (pt) f
• Romanian: tulburare (ro) f, turbulență (ro) f
• Russian: турбуле́нтность (ru) f (turbuléntnostʹ), турбуле́нция f (turbuléncija)
• Spanish: turbulencia (es) f
• Swedish: turbulens (sv)

See also

• mechanical turbulence
• thermal turbulence