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vortex | vortexlike |

As a noun vortex

is .

As an adjective vortexlike is

resembling a vortex.

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

    Related terms

    * vortical * vorticity

    See also

    * eddy * ley line * maelstrom

    References

    * * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    vortexlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a vortex.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 11, author=Dennis Lim, title=One Couch Potato, Gently Roasted, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=To watch “Twitch City,” in other words, is often to watch someone watch TV. The screen serves as a de facto mirror — a nifty trick for a show about the vortexlike pull and mind-altering possibilities of television. }}