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Rayleigh-Taylor instability

Rayleigh-Taylor instability noun: an instability of an interface between two fluids of different densities which occurs when the lighter fluid is pushing the heavier fluid.

Noun

Rayleigh-Taylor instability (plural Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities)

  1. An instability of an interface between two fluids of different densities which occurs when the lighter fluid is pushing the heavier fluid.

Forms of Rayleigh-Taylor instability

pluralRayleigh-Taylor instabilities

Origin of Rayleigh-Taylor instability

Named after Lord Rayleigh and G. I. Taylor.

Questions about Rayleigh-Taylor instability

What does Rayleigh-Taylor instability mean?
Rayleigh-Taylor instability means an instability of an interface between two fluids of different densities which occurs when the lighter fluid is pushing the heavier fluid.
What part of speech is Rayleigh-Taylor instability?
Rayleigh-Taylor instability is a noun.
What is the plural of Rayleigh-Taylor instability?
The plural of Rayleigh-Taylor instability is Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities.

Words near Rayleigh-Taylor instability in the dictionary

  1. Rayleigh's resolution limit
  2. Rayleigh-Bénard convection
  3. Rayleigh-Bénard convections
  4. Rayleigh-Jeans law
  5. Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities
  6. Rayleigh-Taylor instability
  7. rayleighs
  8. rayles
  9. rayless
  10. raylessness
  11. raylet

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