Meaning

1 senses

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

Origin

From turbul(ent) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Middle English turbulent, from Middle

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

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Forms

turbulates, turbulating, turbulated, turbulated
Base formturbulate · to turbulate
3rd person singularturbulates
Present participleturbulating
Past simpleturbulated
Past participleturbulated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyturbulate
he, she, itturbulates

Past simpleLesson

all personsturbulated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave turbulated
he, she, ithas turbulated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill turbulate

Word family

2 related words
Relatedturbulationturbulator

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tuppenceturbanturbineturbulenceB1turbulentB2turd
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