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vorticity

[ vawr-tis-i-tee ]

noun

, Mechanics.
, plural vor·tic·i·ties.
  1. 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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of vorticity1

First recorded in 1890–95; from Latin vortic-, stem of vortex ( vortex ) + -ity

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