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Vortex
Vor´tex
n.
1.
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.
(Zool.)
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
was
conveniently
regarded
in
certain
early
mathematical
models
as
the
typical
form
and
structure
of
the
chemical
atom
,
but
is
no
longer
considered
a
useful
model
,
having
been
superseded
by
quantum
mechanics
.
Vortex wheel
a
kind
of
turbine
.
Noun
1.
vortex
-
the
shape
of
something
rotating
rapidly
Synonyms:
convolution
,
swirl
,
whirl
2.
vortex
-
a
powerful
circular
current
of
water
(
usually
the
resulting
of
conflicting
tides
)
Synonyms:
maelstrom
,
whirlpool
Varian
Omnitasking
Real
Time
EXecutive
(???) (
OS
,
Varian
)
Charybdis
,
Maelstrom
,
ado
,
agitation
,
back
stream
,
backflow
,
backwash
,
backwater
,
bother
,
botheration
,
brouhaha
,
burst
,
bustle
,
cirrus
,
coil
,
commotion
,
condensation
trail
,
contrail
,
corkscrew
,
countercurrent
,
counterflow
,
counterflux
,
curl
,
curlicue
,
disturbance
,
dizzy
round
,
ebullience
,
ebullition
,
eddy
,
effervescence
,
embroilment
,
evolute
,
exhaust
,
feery-fary
,
ferment
,
fermentation
,
fidgetiness
,
fit
,
flap
,
flurry
,
fluster
,
flutter
,
flutteriness
,
fume
,
fuss
,
fussiness
,
gulf
,
gurge
,
gyre
,
helix
,
hubbub
,
hullabaloo
,
hurly-burly
,
hurry
,
hurry-scurry
,
involute
,
kink
,
maelstrom
,
pell-mell
,
perturbation
,
pirouette
,
pother
,
rat
race
,
reel
,
refluence
,
reflux
,
regurgitation
,
restlessness
,
ringlet
,
roll
,
round
,
ruffle
,
scramble
,
screw
,
scroll
,
spasm
,
spin
,
spiral
,
spout
,
spurt
,
stew
,
stir
,
stream
,
surge
,
sweat
,
swirl
,
swirling
,
tendril
,
to-do
,
tumult
,
turbulence
,
turmoil
,
turn
,
twirl
,
twist
,
unquiet
,
uproar
,
vapor
trail
,
volute
,
volution
,
wake
,
wash
,
wheel
,
whirl
,
whirlpool
,
whirlwind
,
whorl
,
yeastiness
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