Wiktionary
n. (context physics English) A form of irregular viscous flow in which the velocity and pressure of the fluid fluctuates at random in both time and space,
WordNet
n. flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically
Usage examples of "turbulent flow".
She saw herself then setting out through the turbulent flow, toward the other bank that was so far away she could barely make it out—.
Caught in the turbulent flow of change, called upon to make significant, rapid-fire life decisions, he feels not simply intellectual bewilderment, but disorientation at the level of personal values.
Thus it was almost a relief to see the turbulent flow of pedestrians rushing hither and thither.
The problems of turbulent flow and fluid dynamics are among the most difficult in all of physics.
The white border that had been built up, layer upon layer, out of the dark waters still swirling down the center, would grow as the season waxed, and close in until the turbulent flow was stilled, held in suspension until the cycle turned.
In the corners of the windows, Benacerraf could see some kind of turbulent flow, swirls of superheated plasma.
The level not only rose in the chasm, it developed a turbulent flow.
In two minutes, the water at the camp was a boiling, turbulent flow of fearsome waves and white-water spray.
After a time, he learned simply to float on this turbulent flow of demands, sometimes touching this shore or that, not fighting them as he was wrenched away and twirled around and dipped and sucked at before being thrust toward another bank or tree or bed of reeds.
The interaction of the crowd closely paralleled the turbulent flow equations.