Vortical

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈvɔːtɪk(É™)l/

Origin

From (the stem of) Latin vortex + -al.

Full definition of vortical

Adjective

1. Of, or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex. from 17th c.
• 1888, Alexander Winchell, World-life: or, Comparative Geology, part II:He assumed, in brief, that infinite space is filled with infinite matter; that matter was originally in a chaotic, formless condition; that the cosmical bodies arose at first from vortical motions in the original mass.
• 1968, "Orpheus Now", Time, 20 Dec 1968:The book's owner, Maurice Conchis (Anthony Quinn) befriends Urfe and brings him into his vortical universe.
• 2005, Engineering Turbulence Modelling and Experiments 6, p. 187:Motion around the eddy is called vortical, and motion along the axis is called jetal.

Anagrams

• victrola, Victrola