whorl
Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs,…Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.
» Can you stop standing behind me and looking at my hair whorl?
Meaning
5 sensesEach circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.
Wirbel, Kringel, Windung
A circle of three or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
Any volution, as for example in the human ear or fingerprint.
A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle.
Spinnwirtel
пря́слицеprjáslice, пря́слоprjáslo, пря́сленьprjáslenʹ
- lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl
- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
Examples
2 sentencesCan you stop standing behind me and looking at my hair whorl?
An interesting fact is how only 10% of people have an anticlockwise hair whorl.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From alteration of whirl (verb).From alteration of whirl (verb).
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