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vortical

[ vawr-ti-kuhl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a vortex.
  2. suggesting or resembling a vortex.
  3. moving in a vortex.


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Other Words From

  • vorti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vortical1

1645–55; < Latin vortic- (stem of vortex vortex ) + -al 1
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Example Sentences

Whence comes the vortical motion which has produced their forms?

On the contrary, they may and do move both towards the poles and downwards by circuitous and even vortical paths.

But if the current of their conversation had been vortical and crowded, the outcome was perfectly clear.

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