vorticaladj.n.

Brit.

/ˈvɔːtᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˈvɔrdək(ə)l/

Etymology: < Latin vortic-, vortex vortex n. + -al suffix¹.

A. adj.

1. Of motion: Like that of a vortex; rotating, eddying, whirling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > swirling or eddying > like a vortex (of motion)

vortical1653

vortiginous1671

vorticose1783

vorticular1838

vorticial1848

1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1713) 191 The Matter being coagulated..and set upon Vortical Motion, Light dawned out in infinite parts of the World.

1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 31 This Universal Attraction or Gravitation is..not a Magnetical Power, nor the effect of a Vortical Motion; those common attempts toward the Explication of Gravity.

1746 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 43 I have never been able to discern that vortical Motion, by which this Effect was said to be brought about.

1847 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in Wks. (1906) I. 316 Descartes, taught by Gilbert's magnet,..had filled Europe with the leading thought of vortical motion, as the secret of nature.

1881 G. MacDonald Mary Marston II. ii. 10 She made a sudden vortical gyration, and walked from the vile place.

1882 G. M. Minchin Uniplanar Kinematics 155 Twice the product of the area of the curve and the vortical spin inside it.

2. Moving in a vortex; whirling round.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > swirling or eddying > in a vortex

vortical1728

vortiginous1791

1728 H. Pemberton View Sir I. Newton's Philos. 231 The vortical fluid, by which he explains the motion of the planets.

1792 D. Lloyd Voy. Life 23 Till all their brain is vortical;—and wreck'd They sink o'erladen with anxiety.

1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 165 Vibrating cilia..are more developed on these organs, which are only pushed out at the will of the little animal, when they form strong vortical currents.

B. n.

A vortical motion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > swirling or eddying > a vortical motion

vortical1864

1864 Athenæum 8 Oct. 465/2 The summary of the author's theories is:—..That the magnetic vortical can be excited by means of spiral currents of electricity generally.

Derivatives

ˈvortically adv. in a vortical manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adverb] > with swirling movement > in the manner of a vortex

vortically1872

vorticosely1882

1872 R. A. Proctor Ess. Astron. xix. 230 If meteoric matter came in vortically around the equatorial parts of the sun.

1882 G. M. Minchin Uniplanar Kinematics 183 Energy of Vortically moving Liquid.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	vortical
释义	vorticaladj.n. Brit. /ˈvɔːtᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈvɔrdək(ə)l/ Etymology: < Latin vortic-, vortex vortex n. + -al suffix¹. A. adj. 1. Of motion: Like that of a vortex; rotating, eddying, whirling. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > swirling or eddying > like a vortex (of motion) vortical1653 vortiginous1671 vorticose1783 vorticular1838 vorticial1848 1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1713) 191 The Matter being coagulated..and set upon Vortical Motion, Light dawned out in infinite parts of the World. 1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 31 This Universal Attraction or Gravitation is..not a Magnetical Power, nor the effect of a Vortical Motion; those common attempts toward the Explication of Gravity. 1746 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 43 I have never been able to discern that vortical Motion, by which this Effect was said to be brought about. 1847 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in Wks. (1906) I. 316 Descartes, taught by Gilbert's magnet,..had filled Europe with the leading thought of vortical motion, as the secret of nature. 1881 G. MacDonald Mary Marston II. ii. 10 She made a sudden vortical gyration, and walked from the vile place. 1882 G. M. Minchin Uniplanar Kinematics 155 Twice the product of the area of the curve and the vortical spin inside it. 2. Moving in a vortex; whirling round. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > swirling or eddying > in a vortex vortical1728 vortiginous1791 1728 H. Pemberton View Sir I. Newton's Philos. 231 The vortical fluid, by which he explains the motion of the planets. 1792 D. Lloyd Voy. Life 23 Till all their brain is vortical;—and wreck'd They sink o'erladen with anxiety. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 165 Vibrating cilia..are more developed on these organs, which are only pushed out at the will of the little animal, when they form strong vortical currents. B. n. A vortical motion. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > swirling or eddying > a vortical motion vortical1864 1864 Athenæum 8 Oct. 465/2 The summary of the author's theories is:—..That the magnetic vortical can be excited by means of spiral currents of electricity generally. Derivatives ˈvortically adv. in a vortical manner. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adverb] > with swirling movement > in the manner of a vortex vortically1872 vorticosely1882 1872 R. A. Proctor Ess. Astron. xix. 230 If meteoric matter came in vortically around the equatorial parts of the sun. 1882 G. M. Minchin Uniplanar Kinematics 183 Energy of Vortically moving Liquid. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1653
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