vorticity

Noun

Meaning

vorticity (countable and uncountable, plural vorticities)

(mathematics, fluid dynamics) A property of a fluid flow related to local angular rotation; defined as the curl of the flow's velocity field.

Examples

From a model of the vorticity of a rip current done at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, it was found that a fast rip current extends away from shallow water, the vorticity of the current increases, and the width of the current decreases. Source: Internet

Meteorologists currently use a unit of 100 000 seconds (a quantity on the order of a day) to quantify atmospheric vorticity at the synoptic scale; the unit, however, does not have a name. Source: Internet

The new RF4 particle file has a "vorticity" attribute, but I haven't seen any real changes in the emitters to notice any true "vorticity confinement", but I haven't done any significant testing. Source: Internet

Lars Onsager and, later independently, Feynman showed that vorticity enters by quantized vortex lines. Source: Internet

Rip currents are common on beaches with mild slopes that experience sizable and frequent oceanic swell. citation The vorticity and inertia of rip currents were studied. Source: Internet

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