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boundary layer

a very thin layer of fluid immediately next to a solid body, that flows more slowly than the rest of the fluid

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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