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Webster 1913 Edition


Turbulence

Tur′bu-lence

,
Noun.
[L.
turbulentia
: cf. F.
turbulence
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Turbulence

TUR'BULENCE