eddy, whirlpool; engulfing situation
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Vortex Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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whirlpool| eddy| vortex; crown of the head; peak| top| summit; the pole vos| votrum/votri PRON PERS
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whirlpool| eddy| vortex; crown of the head; peak| top| summit; the pole vos| votrum/votri PRON PERS
you (pl.)| ye
Vortex Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Any one of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.
Any one of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.
(n.)
A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it, by a theory of vortices.
A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it, by a theory of vortices.
(n.)
A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle, and to draw in towards the center bodies subject to its action; the form assumed by a fluid in such motion; a whirlpool; an eddy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle, and to draw in towards the center bodies subject to its action; the form assumed by a fluid in such motion; a whirlpool; an eddy.
vortex
\vor"tex\ (?), n.; pl. e. vortexes (#), l. vortices (#). [l. vortex, vertex, -icis, fr. vortere, vertere, to turn. see vertex.]
1. a mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle, and to draw in towards the center bodies subject to its action; the form assumed by a fluid in such motion; a whirlpool; an eddy.
2. (cartesian system) a supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a planet. descartes attempted to account for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it, by a theory of vortices.
3. (zo?l.) any one of numerous species of small turbellaria belonging to vortex and allied genera. see illustration in appendix.
vortex
atom (chem.), a hypothetical ring-shaped mass of elementary matter in continuous vortical motion. it is conveniently regarded in certain mathematical speculations as the typical form and structure of the chemical atom.
vortex
wheel, a kind of turbine.
vortex
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1. the shape of something rotating rapidly [syn: whirl, swirl, convolution]
2. a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides) [syn: whirlpool, maelstrom]
vortex
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A mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center.
Chwyldro = n. a turn; a vortex
Llynclyn = n. a vortex
Noun
1. the shape of something rotating rapidly
(synonym) whirl, swirl, convolution
(hypernym) round shape
2. a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides)
(synonym) whirlpool, maelstrom
(hypernym) current, stream
(hyponym) Charybdis
Vortex Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
A circulation that has closed streamlines around a center or any flow that has vorticity.
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Vortex Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A vortex (plural: vortices) is a spinning, often turbulent, flow of fluid. Any spiral motion with closed streamlines is vortex flow. The motion of the fluid swirling rapidly around a center is called a vortex. The speed and rate of rotation of the fluid in a free (irrotational) vortex are greatest at the center, and decrease progressively with distance from the center, whereas the speed of a forced (rotational) vortex is zero at the center and increases proportional to the distance from the center. Both types of vortex exhibit a pressure minimum at the center, though the pressure minimum in a free vortex is much lower.
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Vortex Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
A revolving mass of water which forms a Whirlpool. A spiral motion of fluid within a limited area, especially a whirling mass of water or air that sucks everything near it toward its center. This whirlpool is caused by water flowing out of a small opening in the bottom of a basin or reservoir. A funnel-shaped opening is created downward from the water surface.
Vortex Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Vortex, the homeworld of the hollow-boned, winged Vors, is a blue and gray planet with a sharp axial tilt causing sudden seasonal changes and severe windstorms. The Cathedral of Winds, the center of Vor civilization, is an immense glassy structure designed to produce tones when Vortex's wind currents pass over and through it. The Vors perform a beautiful concert of etherial music by opening and closing orifices in the building with their bodies. The Vors are an emotionless species, and tend to concentrate on larger goals rather than on individuals. They refused to perform their music for off-worlders during the reign of the Empire, and have only recently allowed New Republic and other dignitaries to attend these shows. All recording is prohibited, and only one concert is performed each year. The Vors inhabit underground dwellings during the storm season, which can be seen from above as small mounds arranged in rings in the purple, vermilion, and tan grasses of the plains. During a visit to Vortex by Admiral Ackbar and Leia Organa Solo, Ackbar's sabotaged B-wing crashed into and destroyed the centuries-old Cathedral of Winds and killed at least 358 Vors. A different, more streamlined Cathedral was then constructed by the Vors to replace the one destroyed in Ackbar's crash. [DA, COTF]
