Navier-Stokes equation

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Etymology

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

Noun

Navier-Stokes equation (plural Navier-Stokes equations)

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

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