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vortically

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

In a vortical manner; in terms of, or by means of, a vortex.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1990, David A. Clarke, An Overview of Computational MHD Jets and Their Comparisons with Recent High Resolution Radio Images, R. Beck, P. P. Kronberg, R. Wielebinski, Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields, International Astronomical Union Symposium No. 140, page 406, This results when a small region, whose magnetic field is grossly amplified by vortically induced shear, is spun about the symmetry axis.

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History

Etymology

From vortical + -ly.