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单词 turbulence
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turbulencen.

/ˈtəːbjʊləns/
Forms: Also 1600s -ance.
Etymology: < Latin turbulentia, < turbulentus turbulent adj.: see -ence suffix: compare French turbulance, -ence (14th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), perhaps the immediate source.
1. The state or quality of being turbulent; violent commotion, agitation, or disturbance; disorderly or tumultuous character or conduct; with a and plural, an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun]
winOE
disturbance1297
perturbingc1395
motiona1398
stirrage1513
turmoil1526
disquietness1535
buskling1546
jumbling1562
agitation1569
working1575
tumult1580
commotion1592
emotion1594
turbulence1598
bransle1603
pother1603
tumultuousnessa1617
unevennessa1637
unquietudea1639
disquietal1642
tumbling1660
disquietude1709
rouse1764
maelstrom1834
peacelessness1852
stir-up1900
society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun]
unfritheOE
unpeacea1325
unresta1382
hurling1387
tumult1412
hurlc1440
hurly-burlyc1440
unquietness?c1450
unpeaceableness?c1475
estoure1481
broilery1521
broiling1523
turmoil1526
brulyie1531
unquiet1551
troublesomeness1561
disrest1567
turbulence1598
hurly1600
turbulency1607
inquieta1684
brulyiement1718
agitation1769
dispeace1825
fudder1871
push and shove1895
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > violent
tempestc1315
combustion1589
turbulence1598
turbulency1607
turbulentness1610
simoom1813
tornado1818
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Torbolenza, turbulence, disturbance.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. iii. 11 I haue dreamt Of bloudy turbulence . View more context for this quotation
1639 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright (1855) App. 231 Whatsomever tumilts and turbulances that shall happen to fall out.
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. II. v. 4 The turbulence of youth..gradually subsided.
1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 78 It required all the personal influence of the king to check the turbulence of his irritated followers.
1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) III. i. i. 5 A temporary retreat from the turbulence of ecclesiastical politics.
2. Of natural conditions: Stormy or tempestuous state or action; violence.
ΚΠ
1730 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons 194 Congregated clouds, And all the vapoury turbulence of heaven.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. viii. 82 The turbulence of the weather.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 301 Capable of resisting the turbulence of the ocean.
1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. iii. vii. 205 Think of Him as calm..amidst the most furious agitations and turbulences of nature.
3. Of fluid flow (see turbulent adj. 2c).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [noun] > movement of flow > irregular or not steady
turbulence1907
1907 F. W. Lanchester Aerodynamics ii. 53 When a certain critical velocity is exceeded the continuity is broken and the phenomenon of turbulence manifests itself.
1922 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics I. 299/2 The important part played by turbulence in reducing the time of explosion in actual engines, and thus rendering high revolution speeds practicable.
1928 W. N. Shaw Man. Metereol. II. vi. 284 The variation of wind with height is now treated as the effect of turbulence or eddy-motion in the moving air.
1935 Discovery Oct. 390/2 This is remedied either by small fans or, automatically, by injecting some cold air from the dehumidifier with the heated air, causing a form of turbulence in the enclosure.
1980 R. P. Benedict Fund. Pipe Flow iv. 141 A stability theory has been given that explains the origin of turbulence in terms of arbitrary small disturbances which initiate instabilities in the laminar boundary layer.
4. Mechanical disturbance produced in order to speed up the process of combustion in an internal combustion engine.
ΚΠ
1923 H. R. Ricardo Internal-combustion Engine II. 88 We have to rely almost entirely on turbulence or mechanical disturbance to distribute the wan and timid flame rapidly through the combustible mixture.
1931 J. A. Polson Internal Combustion Engines 42 Experiments were conducted both with turbulence and without turbulence of the gaseous mixture. Turbulence was produced by means of a small motor-driven fan.
5. The spirally curved path given to the gas entering the cylinders under pressure as used in supercharged (internal combustion) engines for increasing efficiency.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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