Vortical vs Cortical - What's the difference?
vortical | cortical |
Of or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex.
* 1888 , Alexander Winchell, World-life: or, Comparative Geology , part II:
* 1968 , "Orpheus Now", Time , 20 Dec 1968:
* 2002 , David De Young, The Physics of Extragalactic Radio Sources ,
* 2005 , Engineering Turbulence Modelling and Experiments 6 , page 187:
(anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
(botany) Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
As adjectives the difference between vortical and cortical
is that vortical is of or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex while cortical is (anatomy) pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.vortical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He assumed, in brief, that infinite space is filled with infinite matter; that matter was originally in a chaotic, formless condition; that the cosmical bodies arose at first from vortical motions in the original mass.
- The book's owner, Maurice Conchis (Anthony Quinn) befriends Urfe and brings him into his vortical universe.
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- In many cases, examination of the flow fields in greater detail reveals a more vortical or turbulent flow around the collimated core.
- Motion around the eddy is called vortical , and motion along the axis is called jetal.