Vortical

Vortical
Vortical Vor"ti*cal, a. Of or pertaining to a vortex or vortexes; resembling a vortex in form or motion; whirling; as, a vortical motion. -- {Vor"ti*cal*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

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  • Vortical — means pertaining to a vortex or to vortices. In fluid dynamics, the movement of a fluid can be said to be vortical if the fluid moves around in a circle, or in a helix, or if it tends to spin around some axis. Such motion can also be called… …   Wikipedia

  • vortical — [vôrt′i kəl] adj. 1. of, characteristic of, or like a vortex 2. moving in a vortex; whirling vortically adv …   English World dictionary

  • vortical — vortex ► NOUN (pl. vortexes or vortices) ▪ a whirling mass, especially a whirlpool or whirlwind. DERIVATIVES vortical adjective vorticity noun. ORIGIN Latin, eddy …   English terms dictionary

  • vortical flow — sūkurinis tekėjimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. rotational flow; vortex flow; vortical flow vok. Drehströmung, f; Rotationsströmung, f; Wirbelströmung, f rus. вихревое течение, n; завихренное течение, n pranc. écoulement… …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • vortical perturbation — sūkurinis trikdys statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. vortical perturbation; whirl disturbance vok. Wirbelstörung, f rus. вихреобразное возмущение, n pranc. disturbance tourbillonnaire, f; perturbation tourbillonnaire, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • vortical — adjective Date: 1653 of, relating to, or resembling a vortex ; swirling • vortically adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • vortical — vortically, adv. /vawr ti keuhl/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a vortex. 2. suggesting or resembling a vortex. 3. moving in a vortex. [1645 55; < L vortic (s. of vortex VORTEX) + AL1] * * * …   Universalium

  • vortical — adjective Of, or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices …   Wiktionary

  • vortical — Synonyms and related words: affluent, circumgyratory, circumvolutory, confluent, coursing, cyclonic, decurrent, defluent, diffluent, flowing, fluent, fluxional, fluxive, gulfy, gushing, gyral, gyrational, gyratory, gyrostatic, mazy, meandering,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • vortical — vor·ti·cal || vÉ”rtɪkl / vɔːt adj. of a vortex; resembling a whirlpool or vortex …   English contemporary dictionary

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