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1. (n.) vortex
a whirling mass of water, esp. one in which a force of suction operates, as a whirlpool.
2. vortex
a whirling mass of air, esp. one in the form of a visible column or spiral, as a tornado.
3. vortex
a whirling mass of fire, flame, etc.
4. vortex
something likened to a whirlpool, as in violent activity or the tendency to draw into its current everything that surrounds it.
Etymology: (1645–55; < L, var. of vertex)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) whirl, swirl, vortex, convolution
the shape of something rotating rapidly
2. (noun) whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom
a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) vortex
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. (noun) vortex
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. (noun) vortex
any one of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix
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