adj
vortical
Vortical (adj) means relating to, containing, or moving in a swirling, whirlpool-like pattern.
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Relating to, containing, or moving in a swirling, whirlpool-like pattern.
"Motion around the eddy is called vortical, and motion along the axis is called jetal."
— Engineering Turbulence Modelling and Experiments 6 (2005)
"The book's owner, Maurice Conchis (Anthony Quinn) befriends Urfe and brings him into his vortical universe."
— , Orpheus Now (1968)
"In many cases, examination of the flow fields in greater detail reveals a more vortical or turbulent flow around the collimated core."
— David De Young, The Physics of Extragalactic Radio Sources (2002)
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Etymology
Formed from (the stem of) Latin vortex and -al.
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"vortical" (adj) means relating to, containing, or moving in a swirling, whirlpool-like pattern.
