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Definition: Turbulent Flow |
Turbulent FlowNoun1. Flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Aerospace | Fluid motion in which random motions of parts of the fluid are superimposed upon a simple pattern of flow. All or nearly all fluid flow displays some degree of turbulence. The opposite is laminar flow. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | The motion of fluids in which local velocities and pressures fluctuate irregularly, in a random manner. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | Flow in which the flow lines are heterogeneously mixed. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Fluid flow in which the velocity varies in an unpredictable manner at each point, in magnitude and direction, around an average value. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Flow state characterised by random movement of particles. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. Water flow in which the flow lines are confused and heterogeneously mixed. It is typical of flow in surface-water bodies. CF:laminar flow Syn:tortuous flow; turbulence b. Fluid motion in which random motions of parts of the fluid are superimposed upon a simple pattern of flow. All or nearly all fluid flow displays some degree of turbulence. Opposite of streamline flow c. A fluid flow in which there is an unsteady motion of the particles, the motion at a fixed point being inconstant. Turbulent flow occurs at a speed above the critical velocity of Reynolds. Also called tortuous flow; sinuous flow; eddy flow d. When air flows over roughnesses on the sides of the airway or passes obstructions at over a certain velocity, eddies are set up in the air and its flow becomes turbulent. Opposite of laminar flow e. When the fluid particles are moving in directions other than in astraight line parallel to the axis of the pipe or duct. (references) |
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Crosswords: Turbulent Flow |
| Specialty definitions using "turbulent flow": cavitation, critical Reynolds number ♦ eddy diffusivity coefficients, eddy flux, eddying flow ♦ hot-wire anemometer ♦ isotropic turbulence ♦ rotational flow ♦ transition point, transitional flow, turbulent flux. (references) |
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| 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. |
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turbulent flow | 10 |
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| Language | Translations for "turbulent flow"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | turbulent stroemning (eddy flux, eddying flow, turbulent flux), turbulent stroem (eddy flow), turbulens (swirl, swirling, turbulence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | turbulentie (turbulence), turbulente stroming (eddy flow), wervelbeweging. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | turbulenttinen virtaus, turbulentti virtaus (eddy flow), turbulenssi (by turbulent flow is meant an unsteady, random motion of fluids in which the velocities fluctuate about a mean and the flows are in the form of turbulences, turbulence), pyörteinen virtaus (eddy flow, eddy flux, eddying flow, turbulent flux), pyörrevirtaus (turbulence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | turbulence (turbulence), régime turbulent, mouvement tourbillonnaire, courant turbulent, écoulement turbulent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | turbulentes Fliessen, turbulenter Strom, turbulente Stroemung (eddy flow), turbulente Strömung, Wirbelstroemung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στροβιλώδης ροή (eddy flux, eddying flow, turbulent flux), τυρβώδης ροή (eddy flow, eddy flux, eddying flow, turbulence, turbulent flux), τυρβώδες (turbulence), διαταραχή (derangement, disorder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | turbulens áramlás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | turbolenza (turbulence), scorrimento turbolento, regime turbolento (eddy flow), moto vorticoso, moto turbolento, flusso turbolento (eddy flux, eddying flow, turbulent flux), deflusso turbolento. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urbulenttay owflay turbulência (bluster, flip, rowdyism, wildness), escoamento turbulento (eddy flow). (various references) turbulencia (turbulence, wildness), flujo turbulento (eddy flow, eddy flux, eddying flow, turbulent flux), corriente turbulenta. (various references) turbulent strömning (eddy flow, eddy flux, eddying flow, turbulent flux), turbulent flöde. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-f-l-l-n-o-r-t-t-u-u-w" | |
-4 letters: bottleful, turbulent. | |
-5 letters: bellwort, buttoner, frontlet, furbelow, outburnt, rebutton, wellborn. | |
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