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noun
A property of a fluid flow related to local angular rotation; defined as the curl of the flow's velocity field.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: fluid-dynamics, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vortō Latin vortexlbor. English vortex Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English vorticity From vortex + -ity.
