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turbulate

turbulate verb: to turn (a laminar flow) into a turbulent flow.

Verb

turbulate (third-person singular simple present turbulates, present participle turbulating, simple past and past participle turbulated)

  1. (transitive) To turn (a laminar flow) into a turbulent flow.

Forms of turbulate

third-person singular presentturbulates
present participleturbulating
past participleturbulated
pastturbulated

Origin of turbulate

From turbul(ent) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Middle English turbulent, from Middle French turbulent, from Latin turbulentus, from turba (“disorder, tumult, crowd”).

Questions about turbulate

What does turbulate mean?
Turbulate means to turn (a laminar flow) into a turbulent flow.
What part of speech is turbulate?
Turbulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of turbulate?
The past tense of turbulate is turbulated.

Words near turbulate in the dictionary

  1. turbotrains
  2. turbots
  3. turbovirgin
  4. turbovirgins
  5. TURBT
  6. turbulate
  7. turbulated
  8. turbulates
  9. turbulating
  10. turbulation
  11. turbulator

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