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whorl

noun as in spiral

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The team assessed DNA from their volunteers to find the genetic basis of these patterns, looking for a specific balance of genes that shift the chances of having an arch versus a loop versus a whorl.

The genetic influence on arch, loop, and whorl distinction is coming in at that earlier stage of building that field where the fingerprint will form.

The goal here is not to remove any knife marks—there should be none left after the previous step—but to eliminate the whorls and roughness left behind by the grit before.

Astronomers have the capability to directly detect these whorls today, if the pattern is prominent enough, but have yet to find any.

The artist achieves a similar effect without painting in “Round and Round,” in which Easter-egg hues underlie an oval inscribed with fingerprint-like whorls.

Fig. 66 shows a biconical whorl, and its top is decorated to represent three Swastikas and three burning altars.

The centers of the crosses are occupied by the central hole of the whorl, while the arms extend to the periphery.

The specimen represented in fig. 76 is not a spindle-whorl, as shown by the number and location of the holes.

The whorl shown in fig. 45 is nearly spherical, with two Swastikas in the upper part.

In this collection is a spindle-whorl, found at 13½ feet (4 meters) depth and belonging to the fourth city.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to whorl, such as: coil, corkscrew, curl, eddy, helix, and swirl.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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