Definitions for laminar flow
ADVERTISEMENT
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
lam′inar flow′(n.)
the flow of a viscous fluid in which particles of the fluid move in parallel layers, each of which has a constant velocity but is in motion relative to its neighboring layers.
Category: Mechanics
Origin of laminar flow:
1945–50
Princeton's WordNet
laminar flow(noun)
nonturbulent streamline flow in parallel layers (laminae)
Wiktionary
laminar flow(Noun)
A smooth, streamline type of viscous flow in which the fluid behaves as a system of orderly layers, with no eddies or irregular fluctuations.
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"laminar flow." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://www.definitions.net/definition/laminar flow>.