- irrotational
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adjective
Date: 1875
1. not rotating or involving rotation
2. free of vortices <irrotational flow>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
irrotational
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Irrotational — Ir ro*ta tion*al, a. (Physics) Not rotatory; passing from one point to another by a movement other than rotation; said of the movement of parts of a liquid or yielding mass. Sir W. Thomson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
irrotational fluid — an irrotational fluid flow is one whose streamlines never loop back on themselves. Typically, only inviscid fluids can be irrotational. Of course, a uniform viscid fluid flow without boundaries is also irrotational, but this is a special (and… … Mechanics glossary
irrotational vortex — potencialinis sūkurys statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. irrotational vortex; potential vortex vok. Potentialwirbel, m rus. потенциальный вихрь, m pranc. tourbillon potentiel, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas
irrotational motion — besūkuris judėjimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. irrotational motion vok. wirbelfreie Bewegung, f rus. безвихревое движение, n pranc. mouvement irrotationnel, m; mouvement non tourbillonnaire, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas
irrotational field — besūkuris laukas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. curl free field; irrotational field; non circuital field vok. wirbelfreies Feld, n rus. безвихревое поле, n; невихревое поле, n; поле без вихрей, n pranc. champ irrotationnel, m; champ… … Fizikos terminų žodynas
irrotational flow — besūkuris tekėjimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. irrotational flow vok. wirbelfreie Strömung, f rus. безвихревое течение, n; незавихренное течение, n pranc. écoulement irrotationnel, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas
irrotational vector — besūkuris vektorius statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. irrotational vector vok. wirbelfreier Vektor, m rus. безвихревой вектор, m pranc. vecteur irrotationnel, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas
irrotational — irrotationally, adv. /ir oh tay sheuh nl/, adj. 1. not having rotation. 2. Math. conservative (def. 7). [1870 75; IR 2 + ROTATIONAL] * * * … Universalium
irrotational — adjective Not rotating or not pertaining to rotation … Wiktionary
irrotational — ir·rotational … English syllables
