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VORTICAL.<br />
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who is constantly moving in a vorlcx of pleasure, brilliancy,<br />
iind wit. i8oa Mar. Edceworth Moral T., Breakfast^ I<br />
fed that I cannot be at case in the vortex of dissipation.<br />
X877 ^'"5. FoBRESTKR i»/i;f*«7« I. 191 She and her husband<br />
li\xd in a vortex of gaiety,<br />
C. A situation into which persons or things are<br />
steadily drawn, or from which they cannot escape.<br />
(Chiefly after sense 3.)<br />
1779 J. MoORB View Soc. Fr, I. i. 8, I thought it most<br />
prudent to remove.., that no chance might remain of my<br />
being, .whirled round again in the vortex of dissipation and<br />
gaming. 1833 Mrs. Browning Prometk. £aftruiPoct. Wks.<br />
(1904) i59/2JLet him hurl me anon, into Tartarus,.. With<br />
Necessity's vortices strangling me down. 1850 Kingslf.y<br />
A/f. Locke X, I looked with horror on the gulf of penury<br />
before me, into the vortex of which not only I, but my<br />
whole trade, seemed irresistibly sucked, a i86a Buckle<br />
Civilix. (1S69) III. v. 356 Generation after generation passes<br />
away, successively absorbed in one mighty vortex.<br />
f 0. A design or figure representing or suggesting<br />
vortical movement. Ohs~^<br />
1665 HoOKE Microgr, Time Table, The Figures of Hoar<br />
Frost, and the Vortices on windows.<br />
7. attrib., chiefly in terms of physical science, as<br />
vorUx-aioniy -Jiiamenty -/irte, -ma/ler, -motion,<br />
-rin^\ vortex turbine or (water-)-wheel, a turbine<br />
in which the water enters tangential ly at the<br />
circumference and is discharged at the centre.<br />
1867 Sir W. Thomson in PhiL Mag. Ser. iv. XXXIV. 15<br />
{headinfit On 'Vortex Atoms. 1876 P. G. Tait Ktc. Adv.<br />
Phys. Set. i. 24 Sir \V. Thomson's splendid suggestion of<br />
Vortex-atoms . . will enable us thoroughly to understand<br />
matter, 1867 — (tr. Helmholtz) in Phi/. Mag, Ser. iv.<br />
XXXIII. 486 By *voriex-filaments.. \ denote portions<br />
of the fluid bounded by vortex-lines drawn through every<br />
point of the boundary of an infinitely small closed curve.<br />
1878 W. K. Clifford Dynamicwx. 203 The part of the body<br />
inside the tube is called a vortex-filamenL 1867 Tait (tr.<br />
Helmholtz) in Phil. Mag. Ser. iv. XXXIII.486 By *voriex.<br />
lines. .\ denote lines drawn through the fluid so as at every<br />
point to coincide with the instantaneous axis of rotation of<br />
the corresponding fluid clement, 1878 W. K. Clifford<br />
Dynamic in. 200 A curve such that its tangent at every point<br />
is in the direction of the spin at that point is called a vortexline,<br />
ai/ax Keiix Maupertuis^ /)/w. (1734) 21 As each<br />
Planet describes equal Area's in equal Times, it follows that<br />
the Beds of the *Vortex Matter have their Velocities in a<br />
reciprocal Proportion to their distances from the Center.<br />
1867 TArr (tr. Helmholtz) in /»/n7. Mag. Ser. iv. XXXIII.<br />
491 We may. .call the motions which have no velocitypotential,<br />
generally, *vorteX'iuotions, 1B76 — Rec. Adv.<br />
Phys. Sci. xii. 290 The peculiar properties of vortexmotion<br />
were mathematically deduced, .by Helmholtz. 1867<br />
— (tr. Helmholtz) in Phil. Mag. Ser. iv. XXXIII. 510<br />
These *vortex.rings travel on, . . and are widened or<br />
contracted by other vortex-rings. 1878 W. K. Clifford<br />
Dynatnic \\\. 205 Suppose that in a mass of fluid there is a<br />
single vortex ring of any form (i. e. a vortex-filament returning<br />
into itself). 1877 Iron 27 Oct, 516 The turbine manu-<br />
' factured by them is termed the * Vortex '. \Z^ Athenxutn<br />
16 Aug. 212/1 A description of the vortex turbine or inward-flow<br />
water-wheel. 1853 Glvnn Treat. Power IVaier<br />
146 Several machines derive their power from the reaction<br />
of water-pressure : such as Dr. Barker's mill,. .the "Vortexwheel,<br />
and others, i860 lire's Diet. Arts, etc. (ed. 5) III.<br />
928 The name of Vortex Wheel has been given to a modification<br />
of the turbine by Mr. James Thomson of Belfast,<br />
Vortfc, southern ME. var. Forth a(/v. ; obs. Sc,<br />
f. Worth sd. and v. Vor))ere(more, southern<br />
ME, varr. Further(more. Vorthy, dial, var.<br />
obs. Sc. form of Worthy a.<br />
FoRTHT a. ;<br />
Vortical (v/utikal), a. and sd, [f. L. vortic-^<br />
vortex Vortex + -al.]<br />
A. adj. L Of motion : Like that of a vortex<br />
rotating, eddying, whirling.<br />
1653 H. More CtfM/Vf/. Cabbal. {ijjt) 191 The Matter<br />
being coagulated. . .and set upon Vortical Motion, Light<br />
dawned out in infinite parts of the World. 1691 Bentley<br />
Boyle Led' 226 This universal attraction or gravitation is<br />
..not a magnetical power, nor the effect of a vortical<br />
motion; those common attempts toward the explication of<br />
gravity. 1746 /*/»7. Trans. XLIV. 43, I have never been<br />
able to discern that vortical Motion, by which this Effect<br />
was said to be brought about. 1847 Emerson Repr. Men,<br />
Sivedenborg Wks. (Bohn) I. 316 Descartes, taught by Gilbert's<br />
magnet,, .had filled Europe with the leading thought<br />
of vortic^ motion, as the secret of nature. 1881 G. Mac-<br />
DONAU) Mary Marston II. ii. 10 She made a sudden vortical<br />
gyration, and walked from the vile place. x88a Mm-<br />
CHiN Unipl. Kirumr.t. j^s Twice the product of the area of<br />
the curve and the vortical spin inside it.<br />
2. Moving in a vortex ; whirling round.<br />
17*8 Pemberton Ne^vton's Philos. 231 The vortical fluid,<br />
by which he explains the motion of the planets. X79a D.<br />
Lloyd Voy. Life 23 Till all their brain is vortical ;—and<br />
wreck 'd They sink o'erladen with anxiety, i860 Gosse<br />
Rom. Nat. Hist. 165 Vibrating cilia., are more developed on<br />
these organs, which are only pushed out at the will of the<br />
little animal, when they form strong vortical currents.<br />
B. sb. A vortical motion.<br />
s86^ A thenamm Z Ocl. ^S^/2 The summa.y of the author's<br />
theones is:— ..That the magnetic vortical can be excited<br />
by means of spiral currents of electricity generally.<br />
Hence VoTtlcally adv.. in a vortical manner.<br />
187a Proctor Ess, Astron. xix. 230 If meteoric matter<br />
came in vortically around the equatorial parts of the sun.<br />
x88a MiNCHiM UiUpl. Kinemat. 183 Energy of Vortically<br />
moving Licjuid.<br />
t Vortice, sb Obs.—^ [ad. stem of L. vortex.']<br />
A vortex.<br />
x66i Boyle Sprin 0/ Air (1662) 97 Particles, agitated<br />
or whirled round, . . whereby they are each of them enabled<br />
to drive or force out of their Vortice all such other agitated<br />
particles.<br />
313<br />
Vo'rtice,<br />
bring by vortical motion.<br />
rti843 SouTHET Comm.-pl. Bk. (1851) IV. iii The<br />
heavier bodies.. became outermost, and in their whirling<br />
^- rare-'^, [Cf. prec] trans. To<br />
vorticed the evil spirits into the centre,<br />
(v/Jtisei). Zool. [ad. mod.L. vortU<br />
Vorticel<br />
cella : see next, and cf, F. vortt'ceUe.J = next.<br />
1835 KiRBY //ad. ^ Inst, Anim. II. xvii. 97 Some, as the<br />
vorticels, the wheel-animals by way of eminence, appear to<br />
have two wheels.<br />
It Vorticella (v^Jtise'la). Zooi. [mod.L., dim.<br />
f, L. vortic-y vortex Vortex.] The typical genus<br />
of Vorticellidm{zL next) ; an individual belonging<br />
to this genus; a bell-animalcnle. h\%^ attrib.<br />
1787 G. Adams {title). Essays on the Microscope, containing,<br />
.an account of the various species and singular properties<br />
of the HydriB and Vorticellje. 1806 Pbiscilla Wakefield<br />
Dovi. Recreat. vi. 86 A most curious animalcule,<br />
called the wheel animal, or vorticella. 1875 Huxley& Martin<br />
Elein. Biol, (1877) go Sometimes a rounded body, encircled<br />
by a ring of cilia hut having otherwise the characters<br />
of a i'orticella bell, is seen to be attached to the base<br />
of the bell of an ordinary Vorticella.<br />
Vorticellid<br />
(v^itise-lid). Zool. [Cf. prec,<br />
and -ID 3.] An individnal of the Vorticellidaz, a<br />
family of sedentary infusorians.<br />
1865 /ntell. Observ. No. 38. loi The jerk of a Vorticellid.<br />
1888 Rolleston & Jackson /J «//«. i-{>^ 837 Encysted Vorticellids<br />
with many nuclei have been observed.<br />
Hence Vortice'Uidan rt. rare.<br />
186s H. James-Clark in Mem, Boston Soc. Nat. //ist, I.<br />
127 This singular appendage of the Vorticellidan group.<br />
1880 Savillk Kent /n/usoria I, 68 Members of the Vorticellidan<br />
family.<br />
Vorti-cial, a. rare-^. [Cf. next.] = Vortical.<br />
1848 Foe EureA-a Wks. 1865 II. 205 Cyclic and seemingly<br />
gyrating or vorticial movements.<br />
fVorti'cian, a. Obs. [f, L, vortici-y vortex :<br />
see Vortex and -ian.] Of or belonging to the<br />
theory of a vortex or vortices.<br />
a 17JX Keill Maupertnis' Diss. (1734) 23 This is all one<br />
of the greatest Men of the Age could say in Defence of the<br />
Vortician System, /bid. 27,<br />
Vorti'CifonUy a. rare~K [f. as prec. : see<br />
-FORM.] Having the form of a vortex.<br />
1849-52 Todd's Cycl. Anai. IV. 1228/1 When the vibratile<br />
cilia.. are simultaneously effecting their vorticiform moveinents<br />
with rapidity and perfect harmony,<br />
Vorticist (v^jtisist). [f, as prec. + -1ST.] An<br />
advocate of the theory of vortices.<br />
x866 De Morgan in Athenaeum 26 May 706/3 Giordano<br />
Bruno, .was, as has been said, a vorticist before Descartes,<br />
an optimist before Leibnitz, a Copernican before Galileo,<br />
(vpjti'slti). [f. as prec. + -ITY.] The<br />
Vorticity<br />
condition of a fluid, etc., with respect to vortical<br />
motion.<br />
1895 Athenseum 23 Nov. 722/2 [Math. Soc.] On the Propagation<br />
of Waves upon the Plane Surface separating Two<br />
Portions of Fluid oCDifferent Vorticities.<br />
t VoTticle. Obs, rare. [f. L. vortic-y vortex,<br />
after diminutives in -c/e."] A little vortex.<br />
1766 G. Canning Anti-Lucretius iv, 300 In the vast Vortex,<br />
that surrounds the Whole, Examine how the Vortictes<br />
must roll. Idid. 317.<br />
t Vorticordious, a. Obs.-^ [f, L. Vorli-,<br />
Verticordia : see Verticordious a.] Turning the<br />
heart,<br />
1669 T, G[ale] True /dea 'Jansenisme 135 Then cap. 24<br />
he proves more largely, That this medicinal Grace is Vorticordious<br />
or most potent.<br />
Vorticose (v^itik^n's), a. [ad, L. vorticos-us<br />
(It, vorticoso), {.vorttC',vortex\ORTEX : see -OSE.j<br />
1. Of motion: = Vortical a. 1.<br />
178% Phil. Trans. LXXIII.p. ii, At times, .the motion was<br />
unduTatory,andat others vorticose, /bid. 194 The first shock<br />
..was lateral, and then vorticose, and exceedingly violent.<br />
x8jo LvELL Princ. Geol. I. 418 The wave-like motions, and<br />
those which are called vorticose or whirling in a vortex.<br />
1839 Darwin Voy. Nat. xvi. 376 The displacement at first<br />
appears to be owing to a vorticose movement beneath each<br />
point thus affected. i88x C. A, Young Sun 173 Only a very<br />
small percentage of the spots show any trace of vorticose<br />
motion.<br />
2, Kesembiing a vortex.<br />
X870 Matt. Williams Fuel 0/ Sun §326. 214 The.. orb<br />
would be twisted bodily into a huge vorticose crater. 1893<br />
HowLETT in Sir R. Ball Story Sun 147 They are illustrative<br />
of the development of two different and remarkable groups<br />
[of sun-spots]. The first is the elegant vorticose group.<br />
Hence Vortlco'sely adv.j<br />
vortically.<br />
in the manner of a<br />
vortex ;<br />
1883 Nature XXV. 291 There is a strong inflow of theair<br />
along the surface of the ground all round vorticosely towards<br />
the base of the whirlwind. 1883 Encycl, Brit. XVI.<br />
131/2 The strong air currents which.. converge vorticosely<br />
round the base of the column [of the dust storm].<br />
Vorticnlar (v(7iti'ki«laj), a. [Cf. prec. and<br />
-ULAR.] Of motion : Vortical, vorticose.<br />
1838 Redfirld in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. XXXIII. 59 Were<br />
there no vorticular or whirling action already excited,.,<br />
there could then be no inequality of pressure to produce<br />
rotation. 1864 De Penning Meteorol. 65 This inward vorticular<br />
movement can only arise from the constant lateral<br />
pressure that is always maintained towards the partial<br />
vacuum of the vortex. 1891 Atlantic Monthly LXVIII,<br />
68/2 They \sc. tornadoes] possess truly vorticular motion.<br />
Vertiginous (v^Jti-dsinas), a. [f. L, vortXgin-,<br />
vortigo, var, of vertigo : see Veutigikous a.]<br />
1. Of motion : Vortical, vorticular.<br />
VOTARIST.<br />
1671 R. BoHUN Wind •z'^o'Wie. spirit or WinJ. .wliirls about<br />
in a Circle: for.. the density and resisience of the Cloud,<br />
gives it an oblique or Voriiginous Motion. 1774 Pennant<br />
Tour Scot, in lyyz, 75 Great circular hollows, the work of<br />
the Vortiginous Motion of the Water, 1784 Covvter Task<br />
II. I03 The fixt and rooted earth.. with vortiginous and<br />
hideous whirl Sucks down its prey insatiable,<br />
2. Moving in a vortex or vortices ; rushing in<br />
whirls or eddies.<br />
1791 CowpER Iliad XXI. 2 Where Xanthus winds His<br />
stream vortiginous. 1804 C. B. Brown tr. Volncy's View<br />
Soil U.S. 168 In the same manner may water-spouts be explained,<br />
which are vortiginous masses of air and water,<br />
seen only in cloudy weather. 1813 Edin. Rev. XXI. 137<br />
The great, deep, and vortiginous Scamander had dwindled<br />
into a scanty rivulet.<br />
Vorty, south-western dial, form of Forty.<br />
i6oa Contention betw. Lib.