different between vortical vs cortical

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?v??t?k(?)l/

Adjective

vortical (comparative more vortical, superlative most vortical)

1. Of or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex. [from 17th c.]
   • 1888, Alexander Winchell, World-life: or, Comparative Geology, part II:

     He assumed, in brief, that infinite space is filled with infinite matter; that matter was originally in a chaotic, formless condition; that the cosmical bodies arose at first from vortical motions in the original mass.

   • 1968, "Orpheus Now", Time, 20 Dec 1968:

     The book's owner, Maurice Conchis (Anthony Quinn) befriends Urfe and brings him into his vortical universe.

   • 2002, David De Young, The Physics of Extragalactic Radio Sources, page 174:

     In many cases, examination of the flow fields in greater detail reveals a more vortical or turbulent flow around the collimated core.

   • 2005, Engineering Turbulence Modelling and Experiments 6, page 187:

     Motion around the eddy is called vortical, and motion along the axis is called jetal.

Synonyms

• (containing vortices): turbulent (of fluid flow)

Translations

Anagrams

• Victrola, victrola

English

Etymology

From Latin cortex (“bark”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??.t?.k?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??.t?.k?l/

Adjective

cortical (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
2. (botany) Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.

Derived terms

Related terms

• cortex
• cortico-

Translations

Further reading

• cortical at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• crotalic

Interlingua

Adjective

cortical (not comparable)

1. cortical

Related terms

• cortice

Romanian

Etymology

From French cortical

Adjective

cortical m or n (feminine singular cortical?, masculine plural corticali, feminine and neuter plural corticale)

1. cortical

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

cortical (plural corticales)

1. cortical