turbulence

Other forms of turbulence

plural

turbulences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about turbulence

What does turbulence mean?

turbulence means "unstable flow of a liquid or gas". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in turbulence?

turbulence has 3 syllables: tur-bu-lence. The stress falls on "tur". In IPA it is /ˈtɝbjələns/.

What is another word for turbulence?

Close synonyms include turbulency, upheaval, Sturm und Drang. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is turbulence a common word?

turbulence is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.