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microturbulence

n. turbulence on a small scale.

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Microturbulence

Microturbulence is a form of turbulence that varies over small distance scales. (Large-scale turbulence is called macroturbulence.)

Usage examples of "microturbulence".

Morrison noticed one corpuscle drifting slowly toward the ship, carried perhaps by a bit of microturbulence or by a random push of Brownian motion.

If the microturbulence generated by the flow through the needle rips the tubules from a few thousand cameras, it doesn’t matter.