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Definition of Vortex

1. Noun. The shape of something rotating rapidly.

2. Noun. A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides).

Definition of Vortex

1. 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.

2. 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.

Definition of Vortex

1. Noun. A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column. ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre. ¹

3. Noun. (figuratively) Anything which inevitably draws surrounding things into its current. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Vortex

1. a whirling mass of fluid [n -TEXES or -TICES] : VORTICAL [adj]

Medical Definition of Vortex

1. Origin: L. Vortex, vertex, -icis, fr. Vortere, vertere, to turn. See Vertex. 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. 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. Any one of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera. Vortex atom, a hypothetical ring-shaped mass of elementary matter in continuous vortical motion. It is conveniently regarded in certain mathematical speculations as the typical form and structure of the chemical atom. Vortex wheel, a kind of turbine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Vortex

vorarephiles vorarephilia vore voriconazole vorinostat vorlage vorlages vorozole vorpal vorred

vorring vors vortal vortals vortensity vortex (current term) vortex coccygeus vortex cordis vortex lentis vortex mixer

vortex mixers vortex of heart vortex vein vortex veins vortexed vortexer vortexes vortexing vortexlike vortical

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