turbulency

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A form of turbulence — The state or fact of being turbulent or agitated; tempestuousness, disturbance.

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Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounturbulency (countable and uncountable, plural turbulencies)

plural turbulencies

  1. archaiccountableuncountableArchaic form of turbulence.

    Hear the loud alarum bells — / Brazen bells! / What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells!

    1849, Edgar Allan Poe, The Bells

Synonyms & antonyms

noununstable flow of a liquid or gas

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Broader
physical phenomenon
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

turbulency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbulency

MLA

“turbulency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbulency. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turbulency,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turbulency.

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