Definition of Turbulent

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Turbulent

Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean.

Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory; as, turbulent spirits.

Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting.

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Turbulent Quotations

The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
Alexander Hamilton

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.
Jimmy Carter

Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.
Washington Irving

But in a turbulent environment the change is so widespread that it just routes around any kind of central authority. So it is best to manage the bottom-up change rather than try to institute it from the top down.
Kevin Kelly

The current understanding was that it was impossible to predict how something would evolve because it was a very turbulent environment full of things interacting with each other.
Kevin Kelly

Turbulent Translations

turbulent in Spanish is turbulento


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