line vortex

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line vortex [′līn ′vȯr‚teks]

(fluid mechanics)

A type of fluid motion in which fluid flows approximately in circles about a line, at speeds inversely proportional to the distance from the line, so that there is an infinite concentration of vorticity on the line, and vorticity vanishes elsewhere.

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