Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state or quality of being turbulent.
- noun Turbulent flow.
- noun An eddying motion of the atmosphere that interrupts the flow of wind.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumultuousness; agitation; disorder; commotion; refractoriness; insubordination.
- noun Syn. Tumult, riot, sedition, mutiny, insurrection.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The state or fact of being
turbulent oragitated ;tempestuousness ,disturbance . - noun uncountable Disturbance in a
gas orfluid , characterized by evidence of internal motion or unrest. - noun uncountable Specifically, a state of agitation or disturbance in the air which is disruptive to an
aircraft . - noun An instance or type of such state or disturbance.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
- noun instability in the atmosphere
- noun unstable flow of a liquid or gas
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Examples
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The strong distortion of laser fields in turbulence is due in large part to the coherent nature of a laser beam, which means that phase distortions in the laser field result in interference of the beam with itself and large fluctuations in the beam intensity.
Long-range optical communication… how much would you pay? « Skulls in the Stars 2008
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Claire McCaskill is returning the private jet she used taxpayer dollars to fly, prompting roughly 432,481,021 pun-tastic articles using the word "turbulence."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Another example of a creative way to avoid economic turbulence is the exchange of technology among manufacturers practicing pricing-down-the-learning-curve strategies.
Unstable Information Economy, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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More Chart: The IMF's New Projections IMF Meetings Focus on Currency Moves Renewed turbulence from the sovereign-debt crisis has the potential of "inflicting major damage on the recovery," a risk elevated by the mountainous wall of around $4 trillion in debt that has to be refinanced over the next two years.
IMF Cuts 2011 Global Growth Prospects Ian Talley 2010
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This suggests his latest recommendation is tactical in nature, and geared toward locking in profits and avoiding the risks of short-term turbulence in the exchange rate.
Goldman: Get Out of Bullish Yuan Bet Neil Shah 2011
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The early work in turbulence modeling in the fluid dynamics community is an instructive case study as well (model parameters that were originally thought to be universally valid turned out to depend on the type of flow, but experimental results were limited early on).
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"They aim to protect assets rather than chase returns, so short-term turbulence has less of an effect," says Anders Nordheim , Eurosif's head of research.
Wise Ethical Investment Seeks Profit Geoff Nairn 2011
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Whenever you believe that the present state of turbulence is destined to become a permanent condition, trouble brews.
Dr. Cara Barker: Are You Living a Life Too Small? Dr. Cara Barker 2010
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Whenever you believe that the present state of turbulence is destined to become a permanent condition, trouble brews.
Dr. Cara Barker: Are You Living a Life Too Small? Dr. Cara Barker 2010
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Whenever you believe that the present state of turbulence is destined to become a permanent condition, trouble brews.
Dr. Cara Barker: Are You Living a Life Too Small? Dr. Cara Barker 2010
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