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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The layer of reduced velocity in fluids, such as air and water, that is immediately adjacent to the surface of a solid past which the fluid is flowing.

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  • noun the layer of slower flow of a fluid past a surface

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