Enstrophy

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There are two types of motion in continuum mechanics: translation and rotation.

${\frac {1}{2}}mv^{2}$ gives us the energy of translation
${\frac {1}{2}}m\omega ^{2}$ gives the energy of rotation, and we call this Enstrophy.

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