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Turbulent pressure (or turbulence pressure) is a component of pressure, e.g., of a gas, due to turbulence. The presence of turbulence implies some deviation from hydrostatic equilibrium, and models of pressure incorporating a component based on turbulence are significantly better in some situations. Various models are used for such a pressure component. When magnetism is significant, magnetohydrodynamics may be useful. Such turbulent-pressure models are used within models of stars (such as when modeling asteroseismology), within models of supernovae, and models of gas clouds ranging up to the size of intracluster media.