TUR'BULENCE TUR'BULENCY, noun [See Turbulent.] A disturbed state; tumult; confusion; as the turbulence of the times; turbulence in political affairs. 1. Disorder or tumult of the passions; as turbulence of mind. 2. Agitation; tumultuousness; as turbulence of blood. 3. Disposition to resist authority; insubordination; as the turbulence of subjects.
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