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Vortical

//ˈvɔːtɪk(ə)l// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex.

    "The motions of this odd Liquor were not only various, but frequently Vortical; to be satisfyed of which I sometimes put short bits of straw, or Fragments of some such like stuff, upon the discovered part of the surface of the Liquor, by which they were carryed towards very distant, if not opposite, parts of the Vessel at the same time."

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From (the stem of) Latin vortex + -al.

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