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vortex

vor·tex

US/ˈvɔɹtɛks/ fairly common

noun

1.

the shape of something rotating rapidly

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2.

a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides)

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Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin vortex. Doublet of vertex.

Phrases

  • admin vortex
  • polar vortex
  • pollen vortex
  • quantized vortex
  • Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube
  • vile vortex
  • von Kármán vortex street
  • vortex atom

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