turbulence

Meaning

Noun

• The state or fact of being turbulent or agitated; tempestuousness, disturbance.
• Disturbance in a gas or fluid, characterized by evidence of internal motion or unrest.
• Specifically, a state of agitation or disturbance in the air which is disruptive to an aircraft.
• An instance or type of such state or disturbance.

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin turbulentia, or from turbulent + -ence.