- vortical
- adjective Date: 1653 of, relating to, or resembling a vortex ; swirling • vortically adverb
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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 — 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 — 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 / vÉ”Ët adj. of a vortex; resembling a whirlpool or vortex … English contemporary dictionary
