transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhwȯr(-ə)l, ˈwȯr(-ə)l, ˈ(h)wər(-ə)l ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English wharle, whorle, 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
whorl 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