turbulent
tur·bu·lent (tʉr′byə lənt)
adjective
full of commotion or wild disorder; specif.,
- marked by or causing turmoil; unruly or boisterous a turbulent mob
- violently agitated; tumultuous turbulent grief
- marked by wildly irregular motion turbulent air currents
Etymology: Fr < L turbulentus < turba, a crowd: see turbid
turbulent
modif.
Preposition: in
- wind: Flying: Up to 20 gliders can be accommodated in the right conditions, but it can be turbulent in strong winds.
Modifies a noun
- eddy: Neptune can also have turbulent eddies form in its atmosphere.
- flow: AF causes turbulent blood flow in the heart chambers.
- plume: Turbulent plumes continue to entrain from the surrounding environment and grow in size.
- combustion: His research interests are in the areas of turbulent combustion modeling.
- flame: Fig 9. 3-D imaging of soot volume fraction in a turbulent diffusion flame.
- airflow: A special coating is said to enhance lift by 40 percent, with the help of turbulent airflow.
Modifying Another Word
- somewhat: It's somewhat turbulent around here atm and my head's been elsewhere.
- increasingly: As to weather, expect increasingly turbulent storms of greater strength and amplitude.
- sometimes: The Shrewsbury family remained in residence until 1923, after a sometimes turbulent 700 year history.
- highly: A submerged jet of aerated effluent produces a highly turbulent condition in a tank.
- often: The religious capital of Britain, Canterbury stood in the central stage of an often turbulent history.
- rather: In all 12 of the 19 drivers present endured at least a minor problem in the rather turbulent test sessions.
Used with adjective complement
The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itselföalways changing, infinite in its variety, sometimesturbulent and allthemorevaluableforhaving been tested by adversity.
Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?
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