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The terms and definitions included in this glossary were taken from "ASHRAE Terminology of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration".
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gravity current

stream of incoming fluid that moves horizontally immediately adjacent to the upper or lower boundaries of a stagnant body of fluid. The stream moves due to density differences between the fluid in the stream and that in the stagnant body of fluid. See also Froude number 

 





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