a state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence
[ Syn: turbulence , sturm und drang ]
a violent disturbance; the convulsions of the stock market
[ Syn: convulsion , turmoil ]
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
disturbance usually in protest
[ Syn: agitation , excitement , turmoil , hullabaloo ]