English Explanatory Dictionary

Navier-Stokes equation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A partial differential equation which describes the conservation of linear momentum for a Newtonian incompressible fluid.

Word forms

Navier-Stokes equation Navier-Stokes equations

Etymology

Named after Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist, and George Gabriel Stokes, Irish mathematician and physicist.

Related words

Mach number Reynolds number
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