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A backlight sufficient to be useful would disturb the laminar flow of air rushing across the rear decklid, increasing shearing turbulence and drag at the back of the car.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Puff jams tend to "melt" at the critical transition point from laminar to turbulent flow, giving way to the special statistical behavior of the directed percolation transition.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024

The degree of laminar or turbulent flow is referred to as the Reynolds number, which is inversely proportional to the viscosity.

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2024

If laminar flow starts at too high a speed, the ball begins to slow down much more quickly than a ball that maintains turbulent flow for longer.

From Scientific American • Nov. 19, 2022

One of the NACAs great contributions to aerodynamics was a series of laminar flow airfoils, wing shapes designed to maximize the flow of smooth air around the wing.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly