Definitions for Turbulent
ˈtɜr byə lənttur·bu·lent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulentadjective

   characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

   "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"

2. churning, roiling, roiled, roily, turbulentadjective

   (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence

   "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. turbulentadjective

   violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous

   It is dangerous to sail in turbulent seas.

2. turbulentadjective

   being in, or causing, disturbance or unrest

   The mid-19th century was a turbulent time in American history.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Turbulentad.

   Etymology: turbulentus, Lat.

   1. Raising agitation; producing commotion.

   From the clear milky juice allaying
   Thirst, and refresh’d; nor envy’d them the grape,
   Whose heads that turbulent liquor fills with fumes. John Milton.

   2. Exposed to commotion; liable to agitation.

   Calm region once,
   And full of peace; now tost, and turbulent! John Milton.

   3. Tumultuous; violent.

   What wondrous sort of death has heav’n design’d
   For so untam’d, so turbulent a mind? Dryden.

   Nor need we tell what anxious cares attend
   The turbulent mirth of wine, nor all the kinds
   Of maladies that lead to death’s grim cave,
   Wrought by intemperance. Dryden.

   Men of ambitious and turbulent spirits, that were dissatisfied with privacy, were allowed to engage in matters of state. Richard Bentley.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Turbulent

   In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is fluid motion characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and flow velocity. It is in contrast to a laminar flow, which occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between those layers.Turbulence is commonly observed in everyday phenomena such as surf, fast flowing rivers, billowing storm clouds, or smoke from a chimney, and most fluid flows occurring in nature or created in engineering applications are turbulent.: 2  Turbulence is caused by excessive kinetic energy in parts of a fluid flow, which overcomes the damping effect of the fluid's viscosity. For this reason turbulence is commonly realized in low viscosity fluids. In general terms, in turbulent flow, unsteady vortices appear of many sizes which interact with each other, consequently drag due to friction effects increases. This increases the energy needed to pump fluid through a pipe. The onset of turbulence can be predicted by the dimensionless Reynolds number, the ratio of kinetic energy to viscous damping in a fluid flow. However, turbulence has long resisted detailed physical analysis, and the interactions within turbulence create a very complex phenomenon. Richard Feynman described turbulence as the most important unsolved problem in classical physics.The turbulence intensity affects many fields, for examples fish ecology, air pollution, precipitation, and climate change.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. turbulent

   Turbulent refers to a state or condition characterized by confusion, irregularity, disorder, agitation or violent disturbance. It is generally used to describe the unstable motion in fluids, but can also be applied to any situation or behavior that is unpredictable, chaotic, and rapidly changing.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Turbulentadjective

   disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean

2. Turbulentadjective

   disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory; as, turbulent spirits

3. Turbulentadjective

   producing commotion; disturbing; exciting

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Turbulent

   tur′bū-lent, adj. tumultuous, disturbed: in violent commotion: disposed to disorder: restless: producing commotion.—ns. Tur′bulence, Tur′bulency.—adv. Tur′bulently. [Fr.,—L. turbulentus—turba, a crowd.]

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1515","1"],["1524","5"],["1575","1"],["1579","1"],["1581","2"],["1582","3"],["1587","2"],["1607","4"],["1621","1"],["1623","4"],["1624","1"],["1625","1"],["1629","2"],["1630","1"],["1631","2"],["1635","1"],["1637","3"],["1638","1"],["1641","3"],["1643","2"],["1644","2"],["1645","2"],["1646","5"],["1647","1"],["1648","5"],["1649","4"],["1650","3"],["1652","1"],["1653","1"],["1655","14"],["1656","3"],["1657","2"],["1658","3"],["1659","11"],["1660","2"],["1661","1"],["1662","1"],["1664","3"],["1665","1"],["1667","8"],["1668","14"],["1669","1"],["1670","10"],["1671","2"],["1673","14"],["1675","34"],["1676","5"],["1677","4"],["1678","33"],["1679","9"],["1680","6"],["1681","17"],["1682","7"],["1683","19"],["1684","14"],["1685","21"],["1686","12"],["1688","34"],["1689","5"],["1690","4"],["1691","2"],["1692","2"],["1693","6"],["1694","4"],["1695","3"],["1696","9"],["1697","9"],["1698","14"],["1699","15"],["1700","36"],["1701","18"],["1702","26"],["1703","20"],["1704","15"],["1705","37"],["1706","28"],["1707","45"],["1708","16"],["1709","7"],["1710","45"],["1711","42"],["1712","13"],["1713","24"],["1714","25"],["1715","33"],["1716","30"],["1717","31"],["1718","12"],["1719","25"],["1720","47"],["1721","48"],["1722","47"],["1723","56"],["1724","34"],["1725","55"],["1726","29"],["1727","82"],["1728","38"],["1729","120"],["1730","97"],["1731","65"],["1732","51"],["1733","43"],["1734","50"],["1735","47"],["1736","49"],["1737","77"],["1738","48"],["1739","48"],["1740","51"],["1741","47"],["1742","75"],["1743","53"],["1744","64"],["1745","26"],["1746","57"],["1747","173"],["1748","72"],["1749","44"],["1750","130"],["1751","104"],["1752","100"],["1753","168"],["1754","115"],["1755","244"],["1756","48"],["1757","68"],["1758","181"],["1759","209"],["1760","152"],["1761","181"],["1762","88"],["1763","188"],["1764","186"],["1765","110"],["1766","151"],["1767","157"],["1768","236"],["1769","200"],["1770","208"],["1771","224"],["1772","117"],["1773","377"],["1774","234"],["1775","231"],["1776","255"],["1777","270"],["1778","243"],["1779","207"],["1780","138"],["1781","186"],["1782","298"],["1783","238"],["1784","272"],["1785","173"],["1786","322"],["1787","411"],["1788","622"],["1789","803"],["1790","619"],["1791","391"],["1792","452"],["1793","494"],["1794","425"],["1795","490"],["1796","523"],["1797","375"],["1798","575"],["1799","413"],["1800","731"],["1801","879"],["1802","880"],["1803","1135"],["1804","1241"],["1805","1361"],["1806","958"],["1807","1151"],["1808","817"],["1809","1232"],["1810","1543"],["1811","1500"],["1812","1514"],["1813","1304"],["1814","1395"],["1815","1060"],["1816","1154"],["1817","1491"],["1818","1939"],["1819","1642"],["1820","2175"],["1821","1596"],["1822","2194"],["1823","2067"],["1824","2536"],["1825","2897"],["1826","2376"],["1827","2060"],["1828","2115"],["1829","2270"],["1830","2721"],["1831","2142"],["1832","2393"],["1833","1861"],["1834","2296"],["1835","2463"],["1836","2856"],["1837","2179"],["1838","2805"],["1839","2473"],["1840","2852"],["1841","2609"],["1842","2047"],["1843","2187"],["1844","3138"],["1845","2904"],["1846","3339"],["1847","3311"],["1848","3169"],["1849","3219"],["1850","3518"],["1851","3673"],["1852","3235"],["1853","3796"],["1854","5266"],["1855","3344"],["1856","4502"],["1857","3317"],["1858","3449"],["1859","3495"],["1860","3477"],["1861","3114"],["1862","1974"],["1863","2220"],["1864","2520"],["1865","2336"],["1866","2799"],["1867","2562"],["1868","2515"],["1869","2702"],["1870","2496"],["1871","2429"],["1872","2764"],["1873","2619"],["1874","2881"],["1875","3027"],["1876","3042"],["1877","3331"],["1878","2712"],["1879","3109"],["1880","4088"],["1881","3839"],["1882","4214"],["1883","4652"],["1884","3660"],["1885","3543"],["1886","3770"],["1887","3672"],["1888","3588"],["1889","3646"],["1890","3371"],["1891","3585"],["1892","4026"],["1893","3761"],["1894","3944"],["1895","4272"],["1896","4587"],["1897","4335"],["1898","5220"],["1899","5395"],["1900","6365"],["1901","5690"],["1902","5856"],["1903","5368"],["1904","5797"],["1905","5314"],["1906","5825"],["1907","5414"],["1908","5495"],["1909","5090"],["1910","5394"],["1911","4815"],["1912","4976"],["1913","5305"],["1914","4337"],["1915","3694"],["1916","3450"],["1917","3267"],["1918","3423"],["1919","3736"],["1920","4698"],["1921","4242"],["1922","4537"],["1923","3957"],["1924","3719"],["1925","3945"],["1926","3801"],["1927","4860"],["1928","4470"],["1929","4262"],["1930","5089"],["1931","4389"],["1932","4027"],["1933","3910"],["1934","5384"],["1935","4996"],["1936","5169"],["1937","5918"],["1938","5283"],["1939","5196"],["1940","4726"],["1941","5283"],["1942","4990"],["1943","3843"],["1944","4834"],["1945","4172"],["1946","5560"],["1947","5706"],["1948","6323"],["1949","7881"],["1950","8647"],["1951","7786"],["1952","8335"],["1953","8543"],["1954","10166"],["1955","9974"],["1956","14416"],["1957","19220"],["1958","12656"],["1959","18375"],["1960","14894"],["1961","18810"],["1962","18446"],["1963","21673"],["1964","18519"],["1965","21194"],["1966","21883"],["1967","22156"],["1968","23219"],["1969","21255"],["1970","24787"],["1971","26903"],["1972","25654"],["1973","23902"],["1974","24736"],["1975","26964"],["1976","26501"],["1977","28405"],["1978","27206"],["1979","28647"],["1980","32861"],["1981","29263"],["1982","32489"],["1983","31125"],["1984","34471"],["1985","37361"],["1986","38468"],["1987","37924"],["1988","39772"],["1989","43049"],["1990","52884"],["1991","42175"],["1992","47082"],["1993","48312"],["1994","51619"],["1995","51948"],["1996","52847"],["1997","51695"],["1998","53407"],["1999","60763"],["2000","57847"],["2001","63322"],["2002","68622"],["2003","67942"],["2004","77918"],["2005","75096"],["2006","80517"],["2007","80836"],["2008","85918"]]

How to pronounce Turbulent?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Turbulent in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Turbulent in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Turbulent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Turbulent in a Sentence

1. Team Cuomo:

   It was a mistake, when my brother's situation became turbulent, being looped into calls with other friends of his and advisors that did include some of his staff — I understand why that was a problem for CNN.

2. Kamala Harris:

   There is no one better prepared than Joe to steer our nation through these turbulent times, and restore truth, honor, and decency to the Oval Office, he is kind and endlessly caring, and he truly listens to the American people.

3. Michael Hewson:

   Continued expectation of easier central bank policy has helped underpin equity markets after a turbulent few months, investors are veering between confidence that the U.S. economy is still performing well enough to withstand a rate rise, to an expectation that if it's not, the Fed will remain on hold.

4. Jeb Bush:

   To be elected and re-elected in the kind of turbulent times that we're in is to be admired for someone that's running for president.

5. Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos:

   It's a real story of life in a turbulent world.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Turbulent
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Turbulent
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Turbulent
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbulent
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Turbulent
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Turbulent
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Turbulent