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vortical
CIDE DICTIONARY
vortical, a.
Of or pertaining to a vortex or vortexes; resembling a vortex in form or motion; whirling; as, a vortical motion. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
vortical
affluent, circumgyratory, circumvolutory, confluent, coursing, cyclonic, decurrent, defluent, diffluent, flowing, fluent, fluxional, fluxive, gulfy, gushing, gyral, gyrational, gyratory, gyrostatic, mazy, meandering, pouring, profluent, racing, rotary, rotational, rotatory, running, rushing, serpentine, sluggish, streaming, surging, surgy, swirly, tidal, tornadic, trochilic, vertiginous, whirlabout, whirligig, whirlwindish, whirlwindy, whirlyROGET THESAURUS
vortical
Rotation
N rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll, circumrotation, circumvolution, circumgyration, volutation, circination, turbination, pirouette, convolution, verticity, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge, countercurrent, Maelstrom, Charybdis, Ixion, cyclone, tornado, whirlwind, dust devil, spin-out, axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point, axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel, axle shaft, gymbal, hub, hub of rotation, helix, helical motion, angular momentum, angular velocity, revolutions per minute, RPM, centrifugal force, surge, vertigo, dizzy round, coriolus force, carousel, merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, top, dreidel, teetotum, gyroscope, turntable, lazy suzan, screw, whirligig, rollingstone, water wheel, windmill, wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear, roller, flywheel, jack, caster, centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge, drill, augur, oil rig, wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre, trochilics, whirling dervish, rotating, rotary, rotary, circumrotatory, trochilic, vertiginous, gyratory, vortical, vorticose, head over heels, round and round, like a horse in a mill.For further exploring for "vortical" in Webster Dictionary Online