Dictionary entry
Whorl
Pronunciation: /wɔːl/
Pronunciation
/wɔːl/
Myanmar Meaning
ပင်စည်ကို ဝိုင်း၍ ထွက်သည့် အရွက်များ ၊ ဝက်အူရစ်၏ တစ်ချက်လှည့်။
Definition
whorl /wɜ:l/ n ၁။ အလိပ္အလိပ္။ အကြင္းအကြင္း။ send up whorls of dust. ၂။ (႐ိုက္၍ႏိွပ္ထားေသာ) လက္ေဗြရာ။ ၃။ ပင္စည္ကို ပတ္၍ထြက္ေသာအရြက္၊ အပြင့္ စသည္။
Examples
- ‘Jordan stared up at his ceiling
- contemplating dust whorls.’
- ‘These creases are in turn overlaid by circles and whorls of black thread stitching.’
- ‘The whorl of concentric circles behind them could represent Hollywood or heaven.’
- ‘The great blue canvas of the Pacific was stained with pale brown tide lines
- circles
- whorls and blotches.’
- ‘Each involves bending or turning rolls of ink-soaked paper into themselves
- creating folds or whorls of curved forms.’
- ‘Along a stretch of one road someone has draped strings of little lights in loops and whorls on a line of trees.’
- ‘Benches of the same dark wood as the overlays
- carved with simple whorls and curves
- were pushed up against each wall flanking the doors.’
- ‘A white archway
- over which clung coiling whorls of the vines
- gave passage through the hedge.’
- ‘Women had long hair
- but marriageable girls wore their hair twisted up into large whorls on either side of their heads.’
- ‘For him it is the sanctum housing a god: a speckled marble
- with galactic whorls of light in its core.’
- ‘The shells are elongated spirals
- with eight whorls and an estimated average aperture-to-length ratio of 28 percent.’
- ‘Our results indicate that warm temperatures and moderate to high productivity are associated with larger shells and wider whorls.’
- ‘However
- the initial whorl of these gastropods is unknown and therefore it is unknown whether it is tightly or openly coiled.’
- ‘Generally
- soleniscid gastropods have smooth
- orthostrophic early ontogenetic whorls and a tightly coiled initial whorl.’
- ‘The beautiful nautilus' shell is white to orange
- with white stripes and a central
- black whorl.’
- ‘The strong lateral constriction at the beginning of the gerontic whorl is also a diagnostic shell feature of this subfamily.’
- ‘Analysis of the ecological reasons for the development of free whorls in modem gastropods may explain the reason for this condition in the Scoliostomatidae.’
- ‘The shells showed severe abrasion of the whorls
- whereas their apertural margins were more resistant and were subjected to almost no abrasion.’
- ‘Pan and Erwin described Erwinispira jucunda and recognized that it has a larval shell of three whorls.’
- ‘Up to 10 whorls were measured on each shell.’