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turbulent (iou)



turbulent adjective. LME.
[Latin turbulentus, from turba crowd, turbare disturb, agitate: see -ULENT.]
Characterized by violent disturbance or commotion; violently disturbed or agitated. LME.
D. Acheson Life with Ernie was..turbulent, for his temper could build up..suddenly. A. Brink The peaceful evening brought..rest to his turbulent thoughts. Scots Magazine The turbulent tides of the Pentland Firth.
Causing disturbance or commotion; tumultuous, wild, unruly; having a violent or (formerly) disturbing effect. LME.
R. C. Trench He expelled..the crowd of turbulent mourners.
Of, pertaining to, or designating flow of a fluid in which the velocity at any point fluctuates irregularly and there is continual mixing rather than a steady or laminar flow pattern. Cf. TURBULENCE 2. L19.
turbulently adverb E17.