Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь - whorl
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1. завитушка; виток (спирали) 2. завиток (раковины и т. п.) 3. изгиб (стебля и т. п.) 4. текст. блок веретена 5. бот. мутовка, пучок листьев или цветков на конце стебля ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) кольцо листьев (вокруг стебля); мутовка 2) завиток (раковины, улитки) 3) пальцевой узор; to identify a criminal by the whorls of his finger-prints - установить личность преступника по отпечаткам пальцев 4) text. блок веретена ...Англо-русский словарь
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n. 1 a ring of leaves or other organs round a stem of a plant. 2 one turn of a spiral, esp. on a shell. 3 a complete circle in a fingerprint. 4 archaic a small wheel on a spindle steadying its motion. Derivatives whorled adj. Etymology: ME wharwyl, whorwil, app. var. of WHIRL: infl. by wharve (n.) = whorl of a spindle ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Etymology: Middle English wharle, ~e, probably alteration of whirle, from whirlen to whirl Date: 15th century 1. a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle 2. an arrangement of similar anatomical parts (as leaves) in a circle around a point on an axis 3. something that whirls, coils, or spirals or whose form suggests such movement ; swirl ~s of snow 4. one of the turns of a univalve shell 5. a fingerprint in which the central papillary ridges turn through at least one complete circle ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(whorls) A whorl is a spiral shape, for example the pattern on the tips of your fingers. (LITERARY) He stared at the whorls and lines of her fingertips. ...dense whorls of red-purple flowers. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 a pattern made of a line that curls outwards in circles that get bigger and bigger 2 a circular pattern of leaves or flowers on a stem ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1440, "flywheel or pulley on a spindle," perhaps an alteration of whirl. Meaning "circle of leaves or flowers round a stem of a plant" is first recorded 1551. Of seashells or other spiral structures, from 1828. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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