BOUNDARY LAYER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boundary layer mean? 

• BOUNDARY LAYER (noun)
  The noun BOUNDARY LAYER has 1 sense:

1. the layer of slower flow of a fluid past a surface

  Familiarity information: BOUNDARY LAYER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOUNDARY LAYER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The layer of slower flow of a fluid past a surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("boundary layer" is a kind of...):

physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)

 Context examples 

Movement of a substance through a unit area of a boundary layer or membrane per unit of time.

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