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Eddy vs Vorticity - What's the difference?

eddy | vorticity |

As a proper noun eddy

is a diminutive of edward, edgar, edwin, or other male given names beginning with ed-.

As a noun vorticity is

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

eddy

English

Noun

(eddies)
  • A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
  • A circular current; a whirlpool.
  • * Dryden
    • And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.
  • * Addison
    • Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.

    See also

    * countercurrent * dust devil

    Verb

  • To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
  • * Wordsworth
    • Eddying round and round they sink.

    References

    Anagrams

    * (l) ----

    vorticity

    English

    Noun

  • (mathematics, fluid dynamics) A property of a fluid flow related to local angular rotation; defined as the curl of the flow's velocity field.
  • *{{quote-journal, 2009, date=February 20, William M. Durham et al., Disruption of Vertical Motility by Shear Triggers Formation of Thin Phytoplankton Layers, Science citation
    • , passage=This results from the vorticity component of shear, whereas elongated cells would further be affected by the rate of strain component. }}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
    • , author=Frank Fish, George Lauder , title=Not Just Going with the Flow , volume=101, issue=2, page=114 , magazine= citation , passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}

    See also

    *(wikipedia "vorticity")