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Vorticity

 [vawr-tis-i-tee]  

vor·tic·i·ty

   [vawr-tis-i-tee]
noun, plural -ties. Mechanics.
a measure of the circulation of a fluid: a quantity equal to twice the angular momentum of a particle of the fluid around which there is circulation.
Origin:
1890–95; < Latin vortic- (stem of vortex; see vortex) + -ity
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