Etymology

schlieren

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Today it means: Regions of a fluid having different refractive index because of their different density. Full definition →

German Schlieren
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  1. German · derived fromSchlieren
  2. English todayschlieren

From German Schlieren, plural of Schliere (“streak”). Compare with Latin calere, whence English scald.

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