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boundary layer

The layer of slower flow of a fluid past a surface WordNet 3.0

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The layer of slower flow of a fluid past a surface WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In physics and fluid mechanics, a boundary layer is the thin layer of fluid in the immediate vicinity of a bounding surface formed by the fluid flowing along the surface. Wikipedia

The layer of fluid adjacent to a physical boundary in which the fluid motion is significantly affected by the boundary and has a mean velocity less than the free stream value. OmegaWiki

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physical phenomenon

fluid dynamics

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Stokes boundary layer

Blasius boundary layer

thermische Grenzschicht

Boundary-layer thickness#Momentum thickness

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boundary layer