Vorticity
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A property of a fluid flow related to local angular rotation; defined as the curl of the flow's velocity field. countable, uncountable
"It might sound puzzling that the ageostrophic geopotential (or the ageostrophic pressure in z-coordinate) has no impact on the evolution of the vorticity of a quasi-geostrophic disturbance and yet it affects the perturbation kinetic energetics (not globally but locally)."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"It might sound puzzling that the ageostrophic geopotential (or the ageostrophic pressure in z-coordinate) has no impact on the evolution of the vorticity of a quasi-geostrophic disturbance and yet it affects the perturbation kinetic energetics (not globally but locally)."
Etymology
From vortex + -ity.