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vor⋅ti⋅cal

   [vawr-ti-kuhl]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a vortex.
2. suggesting or resembling a vortex.
3. moving in a vortex.
Origin:
1645–55; < L vortic- (s. of vortex vortex ) + -al 1
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vor·ti·cal     (vôr'tĭ-kəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Of, relating to, or moving in a vortex; whirling.
vor'ti·cal·ly adv.
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Vortical

Vor"ti*cal\, a. Of or pertaining to a vortex or vortexes; resembling a vortex in form or motion; whirling; as, a vortical motion. -- Vor"ti*cal*ly, adv.

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