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turbulence noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or late Latin turbulentia, from turbulentus: see TURBULENT, -ENCE.]
Violent commotion or disturbance; disorderly or unruly character or conduct; an instance of this. LME.
E. M. Goulburn Think of Him as calm..amidst the most furious agitations and turbulences of nature. M. Pattison It required..the personal influence of the king to check the turbulence of his..followers.
Turbulent flow in a fluid, e.g. in the atmosphere, a body of moving water, etc. Cf. TURBULENT 3. E20.
H. Norman In the roughest turbulence he hummed a monotone as if to steady the plane.
Also turbulency noun (now rare) E17.