vortex

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
2. (figuratively) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.
3. (figuratively) Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.
4. (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.
5. Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.

Verb

To mix using a vortex mixer.

Conceptes

remolí

vòrtex

ull de cicló

re- molí

xuclador

Sinònims

whirlpool

eddy

whirlwind

maelstrom

whirl

swirl

convolution

twirl

reel

scurry

spin

spiral

staggers

tornado

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tourbillon

turbine

turbulence

twister

upheaval

vertigo

volute

vorticity

whirling current

worm

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remous

eddy flow

erratic current

vortexing

eddy-current

flow in vortex

convulsions

curl

curve

dizziness

eddying

gyre

hurly-burly

Traduccions

tourbillon

vórtice

vortex

Wirbel

Strudel

remolino

turbilhão

vortice

redemoinho

vórtice

torbellino

δίνη

draaikolk

Windhose

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈvɔɹtɛks/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Learned borrowing from Latin vortex. Doublet of vertex.