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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.
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Origin:
1890–95; < L vortic- (s. of vortex; see vortex ) + -ity
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vor·tic·i·ty   (vôr-tĭs'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. vor·tic·i·ties

  1. Physics A measure of the rate of rotational spin in a fluid.

  2. Meteorology A measure of the spin of an air mass such as a low- or high-pressure weather system.

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