Vortex synonyms
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A rapidly rotating current of water or other liquid that sucks everything near it toward its center. The meeting of two tides can create a whirlpool.
A current, as of water or air, moving in a direction that is different from that of the main current. Eddies generally involve circular motion; unstable patterns of eddies are often called turbulence .
A rapidly rotating, generally vertical column of air, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout.
A tornado or less violent whirlwind occurring over water, consisting of a funnel-shaped whirling column of air and water droplets.
A continuously accelerating increase or decrease:
(Meteorol.) A system of rotating winds over a vast area, spinning inward to a low pressure center (counterclockwise in the N Hemisphere) and generally causing stormy weather: commonly called a low, since it coexists with low barometric pressure
A spiral oceanic surface current driven primarily by the global wind system and constrained by the continents surrounding the three ocean basins (Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian). Each ocean basin has a large gyre in the subtropical region, centered around 30° north and south latitude. Smaller gyres occur at 50° north latitude in the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The direction of a gyre's rotation is determined by the prevailing winds in the region, with the large subtropical gyres rotating clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
A violently whirling column of air, with wind speeds of about 100 to 300 miles per hour, extending downward from a cumulonimbus cloud, esp. in Australia and the central U.S.: usually appearing as a rapidly rotating, slender, funnel-shaped cloud and typically causing great destruction along its narrow path
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A skyrocket that has a spiral flight.
A thing that twists
Something, such as a cloud of dust, that whirls or is whirled.
A famous strong, swirling tidal current off the W coast of Norway, hazardous to safe navigation
A swirling motion; whirl; eddy
A convoluted condition
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