n 1: 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]
2: (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the
process of mountain building) [syn: uplift, upthrow, upthrust]
3: disturbance usually in protest [syn: agitation, excitement, turmoil, hullabaloo]