An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Fluid mechanics: A second order differential equation that governs the vertical structure of a perturbation in a stratified parallel flow.

See also: Named after G. I. Taylor (Effect of variation in density on the stability of superposed streams of fluid, 1931, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A, 132, 499), → Taylor number, and S. Goldstein (On the stability of superposed streams of fluids of different densities, 1931, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A, 132, 524); → equation.