D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Turbulence

/tẽrb'-yəl-əns/ · Tur·bu·lence · IPA /ˈtɝ.bjə.ləns/
01 n. The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation.
    “The years of . . . warfare and turbulence which ensued.” Southey.