turbulent flow

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   flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically

   Broaderflow

   Narrowersea

Questions about turbulent flow

What does turbulent flow mean?

turbulent flow means "flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically".

Is turbulent flow a common word?

turbulent flow is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.