vortices
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təˌsiz noun
a plural of vortex.
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noun, plural vor·tex·es, vor·ti·ces [-tuh-seez] .
[-tuh-seez] . 2.
a whirling mass of air, especially one in the form of a visible column or spiral, as a tornado.
3.
a whirling mass of fire, flame, etc.
4.
a state of affairs likened to a whirlpool for violent activity, irresistible force, etc.
5.
something regarded as drawing into its powerful current everything that surrounds it: the vortex of war.
6.
(in Cartesian philosophy) a rapid rotatory movement of cosmic matter about a center, regarded as accounting for the origin or phenomena of bodies or systems of bodies in space.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n , pl -texes, -tices | |
| 1. | a whirling mass or rotary motion in a liquid, gas, flame, etc, such as the spiralling movement of water around a whirlpool |
| 2. | any activity, situation, or way of life regarded as irresistibly engulfing |
| [C17: from Latin: a whirlpool; variant of | |
| vortical | |
| —adj | |
| 'vortically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
vortex
1652, "whirlpool, eddying mass," from L. vortex, variant of vertex "an eddy of water, wind, or flame; whirlpool; whirlwind," from stem of vertere "to turn" (see versus). Plural form is vortices. Became prominent in 17c. theories of astrophysics (by Descartes, etc.). In ref.
to human affairs, it is attested from 1761. Vorticism as a movement in British arts and literature is attested from 1914, coined by Ezra Pound.
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Medical Dictionary
vortex vor·tex (vôr'těks')
n. pl. vor·tex·es or vor·ti·ces (-tĭ-sēz')
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.
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Science Dictionary
| vortex (vôr'těks') Pronunciation Key
Plural vortexes or vortices (vôr'tĭ-sēz') A circular, spiral, or helical motion in a fluid (such as a gas) or the fluid in such a motion. A vortex often forms around areas of low pressure and attracts the fluid (and the objects moving within it) toward its center. tornados are examples of vortexes; vortexes that form around flying objects are a source of turbulence and drag. See also eddy. |
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Example sentences
In a nickel-iron alloy, the two vortices swirl in opposite directions, one clockwise and the other counterclockwise.
As air hits a bird in flight, it flows down the wings and creates vortices, which impose drag on a lone flyer.
Water vortices are little water whirls that spin around.
The vortices in the pinning sites repel one another and move to the edges of the pinning site.
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