Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities

A form of Rayleigh-Taylor instability — An instability of an interface between two fluids of different densities which occurs when the lighter fluid is pushing the heavier fluid.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of Rayleigh-Taylor instability
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