English

Adjective

vortical ‎(comparative more vortical, superlative most vortical)

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.

   • 2002, David De Young, The Physics of Extragalactic Radio Sources, page 174:

     In many cases, examination of the flow fields in greater detail reveals a more vortical or turbulent flow around the collimated core.

   • 2005, Engineering Turbulence Modelling and Experiments 6, page 187:

     Motion around the eddy is called vortical, and motion along the axis is called jetal.

Synonyms

• (containing vortices): turbulent (of fluid flow)

Translations

Anagrams

• victrola, Victrola