Reynolds number
noun
Rey·nolds number
ˈre-nᵊldz- 
: a number characteristic of the flow of a fluid in a pipe or past an obstruction
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The irregular changes in position for twin longitudinal vortices have already been discovered in the supercritical Reynolds number region of a sphere with a smooth surface.
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Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2013
Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2013
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