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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Nonturbulent flow of a viscous fluid in layers near a boundary, as that of lubricating oil in bearings.
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- noun physics A smooth,
streamline type ofviscous flow in which thefluid behaves as asystem oforderly layers , with noeddies orirregular fluctuations .
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- noun nonturbulent streamline flow in parallel layers (laminae)
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