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vorticose

[ vawr-ti-kohs ]

adjective

  1. vortical; whirling.


vorticose

/ ˈɔːɪˌəʊ /

adjective

  1. rare.
    rotating quickly; whirling
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ǰt·Dzl adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of vorticose1

First recorded in 1775–85, vorticose is from the Latin word ǰپōܲ eddying. See vortical, -ose 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of vorticose1

C18: from Latin ǰپōܲ, variant of پōܲ full of whirlpools; see vertex
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Perhaps we may estimate the average of the vorticose convergence, as observed in the entire storm for three successive days, at from 5° to 10°—out of the 90° which would be requisite for a congeries of centripetal or center-blowing winds.

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The Academicians relate that in some of the cities of Calabria effects were produced seeming to indicate a whirling or vorticose movement.

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The shock which agitated the building is described as having been horizontal and vorticose.

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The earthquake, which, for a Scotch one, had been unprecedentedly severe, especially in the line of the great Caledonian Valley, had, by a strange vorticose motion, twisted round the spire, so that, at the transverse line of displacement, the panes and corners of the octagonal broach which its top formed overshot their proper positions fully seven inches.

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He records the occurrence of the so-called vorticose shocks at several places, though he attributes them to another cause.

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