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vortically

vortically adverb: in a vortical manner; in terms of, or by means of, a vortex.

Adverb

vortically (not comparable)

  1. In a vortical manner; in terms of, or by means of, a vortex.
    • It is possible that fluid may circulate in a region either vortically or non-vortically.1945, Alexander Hopkins McDannald, editor, The Encyclopedia Americana, volume 14, page 567
    • This results when a small region, whose magnetic field is grossly amplified by vortically induced shear, is spun about the symmetry axis.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...

Origin of vortically

From vortical + -ly.

Questions about vortically

What does vortically mean?
Vortically means in a vortical manner; in terms of, or by means of, a vortex.
What part of speech is vortically?
Vortically is an adverb.

Words near vortically in the dictionary

  1. vortexon
  2. vortexons
  3. vortexor
  4. vortexors
  5. vortical
  6. vortically
  7. vortice
  8. vorticed
  9. vorticel
  10. vorticella
  11. vorticellae

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