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Navier-Stokes equation

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  • noun physics a partial differential equation which describes the conservation of linear momentum for a Newtonian incompressible fluid

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from Claude-Louis Navier French physicist and George Gabriel Stokes Irish mathematician and physicist

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Cross-references

  1. Mach number
  2. Reynolds number

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