Uk English Meaning of vortex
vortex
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Definitions and Meaning of vortex in English
vortex (n)
the shape of something rotating rapidly
a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
vortex (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.
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.
Any one of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.
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vortex
the shape of something rotating rapidly, a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid,
Gulf,maelstrom,swirl,Whirlpool,eddy,tourbillon,Tourbillon,whirl
No antonyms found.
voraginous => voracious, voracity => voracity, voraciousness => voraciousness, voraciously => voraciously, voracious => voracious,
