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S vs Vorticity - What's the difference?

s | vorticity |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

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.

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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")