turbulency

Other forms: turbulencies

Definitions of turbulency
  1. noun
    unstable flow of a liquid or gas
    synonyms: turbulence
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    types:
    countercurrent, crosscurrent, rip, riptide, tide rip
    a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
    type of:
    physical phenomenon
    a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
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