Laminar Flow

Definition: Laminar Flow

Laminar Flow

Noun

1. Nonturbulent streamline flow in parallel layers (laminae).

Specialty Definitions: Laminar Flow

Domain	Definitions
Aerospace	In fluid flow, a smooth flow in which no crossflow of fluid particles occur between adjacent streamlines; hence, a flow conceived as made up of layers - commonly distinguished from turbulent flow. (references)
Geography	Flow in which the air moves smoothly along streamlines which are arranged in parallel layers or sheets: opposite of turbulent flow. Source: European Union. (references)
	Flow in which the fluid particles move approximately in parallel paths with no significant transverse mixing. Source: European Union. (references)
Hydrologic	Streamline flow in which successive flow particles follow similar path lines and head loss varies with velocity to the first power. (references)
Mechanical Engineering	Flow state characterised by parallel or laminar movement of particles. Source: European Union. (references)
	Flow in which adjacent layers do not mix, except at molecular scale. Source: European Union. (references)
Meteorology & Standards	The streamlined flow of a fluid where viscous forces are more significant than inertial forces, generally below a Reynolds number of 2000. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	Water flow in which the stream lines remain distinct and the flow direction at every point remains unchanged with time. It is characteristic of the movement of ground water. CF:turbulent flow; lamellar flow.Syn:streamline flow; sheet flow. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Laminar flow

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In fluid dynamics, laminar flow is a flow regime characterized by high momentum diffusion, low momentum convection, and pressure and velocity independence from time. It is the opposite of turbulent flow. The (dimensionless) Reynolds number characterizes whether flow conditions lead to laminar or turbulent flow.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Laminar flow."

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Crosswords: Laminar Flow

English words defined with "laminar flow": laminar flow clean room. (references)

Specialty definitions using "laminar flow": coefficient of permeability, critical Reynolds number, critical velocity ♦ eddy viscosity ♦ flowage differentiation, flowing film concentration, fluid flow ♦ Knudsen flow ♦ laminar boundary layer, laminar velocity ♦ Pulsatile Flow ♦ streamline motion, streamlining ♦ transition fix, transition point, transitional flow ♦ viscous flow. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Laminar Flow

Domain	Title
Books	Laminar Flow Forced Convection in Ducts: A Source Book for Compact Heat Exchanger Analytical Data (Advances in Heat Transfer. Supplement) (reference) Measurement of Thermophysical Properties by Laminar Flow Methods (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Laminar Flow (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Photo Album: Laminar Flow

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A laminar flow hood ensures sterile conditions as tissue cultures are being prepared ... / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by J. Mohr..
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Expression: Laminar Flow

Expression using "laminar flow": laminar flow clean room. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Laminar Flow

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
laminar flow	135
laminar flow hood	36
laminar flow bench	9
laminar flow cabinet	6
laminar flow workstation	6
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Modern Translations: Laminar Flow

Language		Translations for "laminar flow"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		laminar stroemning, laminar stroem. (various references)

Dutch		laminaire stroming. (various references)

Finnish		laminaarinen virtaus (streamline flow). (various references)

French		courant laminaire, écoulement laminaire. (various references)

German		Laminarstroemung, laminarer Strom, laminare Stroemung, laminare Strömung, Schichtstroemung. (various references)

Greek		στρωτή ροή, γραμμική ροή. (various references)

Hungarian		lamináris áramlás (laminar stream). (various references)

Italian		scorrimento laminare, regime laminare, moto laminare, flusso laminare. (various references)

Pig Latin		aminarlay owflay.(various references)

Portuguese		escoamento laminar (overland flow, sheet flow). (various references)

Spanish		flujo laminar (streamline flow). (various references)

Swedish		laminär strömning. (various references)
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Anagrams: Laminar Flow

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	-2 letters: foraminal.
	-3 letters: airwoman, foramina, formalin, informal, manorial, morainal, rainfall.
	-4 letters: airflow, aliform, armilla, laminal, laminar, manilla, wolfram.
	-5 letters: airman, amoral, animal, fallow, farina, firman, floral, florin, foliar, formal, infall, inflow, inform, inwall, lamina, lawman, mallow, manila, marina, marlin, narial, narwal, normal, oilman, wormil.
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