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Meanings of whorl in English

Portuguese
espiral
Catalan
espiral
Spanish
roleo
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A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops.

        espiral
        Portuguese
        anel
        Catalan
        bucle
        Spanish
        onda

        A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

            anel
            Usage of whorl in English
            1
            This precludes the classification of the central pocket loop type of whorl.
            The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses
            2
            A full quarter of the hindward whorl was gone, sliced off cleanly.
            The Moon Pool
            3
            Traced each whorl of muted colour in the rug, one by one.
            61 hours
            4
            Samuel Teece gutted the car out in a great whorl of dust.
            The Martian Chronicles
            5
            I stare at a wall-tile whorl as minutes spin by and die.
            Number9Dream
            6
            The sun was a whorl of fire in the middle of the sky.
            The Neverending Story
            7
            Each whorl was given an arbitrary number according to its position.
            The Grell Mystery
            8
            Figure 314 is an accidental whorl, combining a loop and a tented arch.
            The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses
            9
            The tracing of the whorl does not enter into the determination of the primary.
            The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses
            10
            It has characteristics of three types, the whorl, the loop, and the tented arch.
            The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses
            11
            Both Anthidia colonize only the second whorl of the spiral.
            Bramble-Bees and Others
            12
            She was like some moth in a whorl of butterflies.
            Michel and Angele [A Ladder of Swords] — Volume 2
            13
            If the second whorl is opaque, the spiral contains something.
            Bramble-Bees and Others
            14
            Figure 334 is a whorl of the double loop type.
            The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses
            15
            She held up a clip-on earring that was a whorl of multicolored blue beads.
            Pasta Imperfect
            16
            Rolled into a compact whorl, she fills the whole pan.
            The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
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            Translations for whorl
            Spanish
            roleoonda
            Whorl through the time
            Whorl across language varieties
            United States of America
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