laminar
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- interlaminar adjective
- multilaminar adjective
Etymology
Origin of laminar
Example Sentences
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Puff jams tend to "melt" at the critical transition point from laminar to turbulent flow, giving way to the special statistical behavior of the directed percolation transition.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024
However, building on their earlier work, the team showed that fluids move through a pipe in a non-equilibrium phase transition, known as directed percolation, at the transition point between laminar and turbulent flow.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024
In this case, the wake of air behind the ball is somewhat regular and is called laminar flow.
From Scientific American • Nov. 19, 2022
When air flow transitions from turbulent to laminar flow, the drag coefficient rises rapidly.
From Scientific American • Nov. 19, 2022
One of the NACAs great contributions to aerodynamics was a series of laminar flow airfoils, wing shapes designed to maximize the flow of smooth air around the wing.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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