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Fibonacci vs Vortex - What's the difference?

fibonacci | vortex |

As a proper noun Fibonacci

is {{surname||from=Italian}.

As a noun vortex is

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

fibonacci

English

Proper noun

(wikipedia Fibonacci) (en proper noun)
  • The Italian mathematician, Leonardo Pisano

    Derived terms

    *Fibonacci arc *Fibonacci channel *Fibonacci cluster *Fibonacci coding *Fibonacci coefficient *Fibonacci dual theorem *Fibonacci extension *Fibonacci fan *Fibonacci function *Fibonacci huperbolic function *Fibonacci identity *Fibonacci matrix *Fibonacci number *Fibonacci polynomial *Fibonacci prime *Fibonacci pseudoprime *Fibonacci retracement *Fibonacci sequence

    vortex

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
  • , author=Frank Fish, George Lauder , title=Not Just Going with the Flow , volume=101, issue=2, page=114 , magazine= citation , passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex'''''. The ' vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}
  • (figuratively) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.
  • (figuratively) Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.
  • (historical) A supposed collection of particles of very subtle matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or planet; part of a Cartesian theory accounting for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it.
  • (zoology) Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.
  • Quotations

    2004': the consumer '''vortex that is East Hampton — ''The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.38

    See also

    * eddy * ley line * maelstrom