Hypertext Webster Gateway: "turbulence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Turbulence \Tur"bu*lence\, n. [L. turbulentia: cf. F.
turbulebce.]
The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state;
tumult; disorder; agitation. --Shak.
The years of . . . warfare and turbulence which ensued.
--Southey.
Syn: Agitation; commotion; tumult; tumultuousness;
termagance; unruliness; insubordination; rioting.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
turbulence
n 1: unstable flow of a liquid or gas [syn: {turbulency}]
2: instability in the atmosphere
3: a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics
or social conditions generally); "the industrial
revolution was a period of great turbulence" [syn: {upheaval},
{Sturm und Drang}]
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