irrotational
No local spinning
Irrotational describes a vector field with zero curl—meaning fluid elements move without spinning about their own axes.
In physics and engineering, irrotational flow characterizes idealized fluid motion where particles translate but don't rotate: The flow around the wing was assumed to be irrotational.
The term appears primarily in fluid dynamics and electromagnetic theory.
Having no thickness resistance
- incompressibleCannot be made smaller
- Bernoulli'sFluid energy conservation law
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- fluid dynamicsScience of flowing matter
hydrodynamics · aerodynamics · laminar · steady · uniform · stagnation · boundary layer · airfoil
Latent capacity for development
- conservativeCautious about altering customs
- gradientRate of change across space
- harmonicOf musical overtones
- analyticExamining by decomposition
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- parallelEquidistant at all points
- linearArranged in straight succession
- uniformIdentical throughout
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
rectilinear · rigid body · kinematics · trajectory · displacement · constant velocity
inviscid
Having no thickness resistance
- incompressibleCannot be made smaller
- Bernoulli'sFluid energy conservation law
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
fluid dynamics · hydrodynamics · aerodynamics · laminar · steady · uniform · stagnation · boundary layer · airfoil · circulation
potential
Latent capacity for development
- conservativeCautious about altering customs
- gradientRate of change across space
- harmonicOf musical overtones
translation
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steady · rectilinear · rigid body · kinematics · trajectory · displacement · constant velocity
rotate, rotation, rotund, rotunda, rotational, rotator, rotatory, rotundity, nonrotating