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The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation.

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  1. n. The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation.
  2. n. unstable flow of a liquid or gas
  3. n. instability in the atmosphere
  4. n. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
  5. 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.
  6. The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state;tumult; disorder; agitation. Shak.The years of . . . warfare and turbulence which ensued. Southey.
  7. n:100 n. unstable flow of a liquid or gas n. instability in the atmosphere n. a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)