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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.