Vortex synonyms

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whirl
Something, such as a cloud of dust, that whirls or is whirled.
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whirlwind
A rapidly rotating, generally vertical column of air, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout.
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cyclone
(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
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twister
A thrown or batted ball that has been given a twist
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heliosphere (related)
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spiral
A continuously accelerating increase or decrease:
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eddy
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 .
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tornado
Any whirlwind or hurricane
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tourbillion
A skyrocket that has a spiral flight.
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magnetic-flux (related)
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whirlpool
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.
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waterspout
A tornado or less violent whirlwind occurring over water, consisting of a funnel-shaped whirling column of air and water droplets.
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gyre
A circular or spiral motion or form, especially a circular ocean current.
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swirl
Something, such as a curl of hair, that coils, twists, or whirls.
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convolution
(Computing) A function which maps a tuple of sequences into a sequence of tuples.
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magnetic field (related)
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turbulence (related)
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wave (related)
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boundary layer (related)
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oscillation (related)
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convection (related)
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coil (related)
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solar-wind (related)
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maelstrom
The definition of a maelstrom is a violent, turbulent situation, or a very powerful whirlpool.
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  • Hence in any infinitesimal part of the fluid the circulation is zero round every small plane curve passing through the vortex line; and consequently the circulation round any curve drawn on the surface of a vortex filament is zero.

  • Immediately afterwards Langton was drawn into the vortex of English politics.

  • Jenn looked to where the vortex had been.

  • This finer matter which collects in the centre of each vortex is the first matter of Descartes - it constitutes the sun or star.

  • But in other cases the encrusted star settles in that portion of the revolving vortex which has a velocity equivalent to its own, and so continues to revolve in the vortex, wrapped in its own firmament.

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