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. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. Any one of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix. Source: opted

4. n. the shape of something rotating rapidly Source: wordnet

5. n. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) Source: wordnet

6. 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. (Zoöl.) 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 is conveniently regarded in certain mathematical speculations as the typical form and structure of the chemical atom. -- Vortex wheel, a kind of turbine. Source: webster

7. A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter,endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also theaxis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for theformation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composingit, by a theory of vortices. Source: adambom

8. n:100 n the shape of something rotating rapidly n a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) Source: ecdict

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