TURBULENT FLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does turbulent flow mean? 

• TURBULENT FLOW (noun)
  The noun TURBULENT FLOW has 1 sense:

1. flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically

  Familiarity information: TURBULENT FLOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURBULENT FLOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("turbulent flow" is a kind of...):

flow (any uninterrupted stream or discharge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "turbulent flow"):

sea (turbulent water with swells of considerable size)

 Context examples 

An artifact that results from turbulent flow of body fluids in an imaging field.

(Flow Separation with Recirculation Zones, NCI Thesaurus)

A periodic humming or blowing sound heard on auscultation of the heart that can indicate the presence of cardiac disease; murmurs are the result of vibrations caused by the turbulent flow of blood in the heart or great vessels.

(Heart Murmur, NCI Thesaurus)