vortex

(Inglese)

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.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈvɔɹtɛks/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Learned borrowing from Latin vortex. Doublet of vertex.

Concetti

vortice

gorgo

turbine di

tromba d’aria

molinello

mulinello

tourbillon

sinonimi

whirlpool

eddy

whirlwind

maelstrom

whirl

swirl

convolution

twirl

reel

scurry

spin

spiral

staggers

tornado

🌪️

tourbillon

turbine

turbulence

twister

upheaval

vertigo

volute

vorticity

whirling current

worm

🪱

remous

eddy flow

erratic current

vortexing

eddy-current

flow in vortex

convulsions

curl

curve

dizziness

eddying

gyre

hurly-burly

Traduzioni

tourbillon

vórtice

Strudel

vortex

Wirbel

remolino

turbilhão

wir

redemoinho

vórtice

torbellino

remolí

δίνη

vòrtex

draaikolk