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TURBULENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unstable flow of a liquid or gas
Synonyms:
turbulence; turbulency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("turbulency" is a kind of...):
physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turbulency"):
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)
Derivation:
turbulent ((of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence)
