(Der Sturm)Zeitschrift, gegr. 1910 von Herwarth Walden (1901 bis 1912 verh. mit Else Lasker-Schüler), gleichnamiger Verlag und (seit 1912) Kunstgalerie, ab 1916 Kunstschule, deren Leiter G. Muche war. Da Zeitschrift und Galerie von großer Bedeutung für die expressionist. Kunst waren, spricht man auch vom 'Sturmkreis'. Dazu gehörten Künstler vom Kreis der Brücke und der Gruppe 'Blauer Reiter', Kandinsky, Klee, Marc, Kokoschka, Chagall, Archipenko u.v.a.
A strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale.
ETYM as. storm.
A violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightening; SYN. violent storm.
ETYM Old Fren. tempeste, French tempęte, (assumed) Late Lat. tempesta, from Latin tempestas a portion of time, a season, weather, storm, akin to tempus time. Related to Temporal of time.
(Literary) A violent wind.
ETYM Latin turbulentia: cf. French turbulebce.
1. A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally); SYN. upheaval, Sturm und Drang.
2. Instability in the atmosphere.
3. Unstable flow of a liquid or gas; SYN. turbulency.
Irregular fluid (gas or liquid) flow, in which vortices and unpredictable fluctuations and motions occur. Streamlining reduces the turbulence of flow around an object, such as an aircraft, and reduces drag. Turbulent flow of a fluid occurs when the Reynolds number is high.