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Definition of Vortexes

Vortexes
Vortex Vor"tex, n.; pl. E. Vortexes, L. Vortices. [L. vortex, vertex, -icis, fr. vortere, vertere, to turn. See Vertex.] 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Meaning of Vortexes from wikipedia

- In fluid dynamics, a vortex (pl.: vortices or vortexes) is a region in a fluid in which the flow revolves around an axis line, which may be straight or...
- The Vortex is a play in three acts by the English writer and actor Noël Coward. The play depicts the ****ual vanity of a rich, ageing beauty, her troubled...
- two trailing vortices. This vorticity is a continuum of mini-starting-vortexes. The wake behind an aircraft is a continuous sheet of weak vorticity, between...
- The Arctic tropospheric polar vortex A cir****polar vortex, or simply polar vortex, is a large region of cold, rotating air; polar vortices encircle both...
- inbreeding depression and outbreeding depression, genetic drift etc. R Vortex: The R vortex is initiated when there is a disturbance which facilitates a lowering...
- A vortex ring, also called a toroidal vortex, is a torus-shaped vortex in a fluid; that is, a region where the fluid mostly spins around an imaginary axis...
- In physics, a quantum vortex represents a quantized flux circulation of some physical quantity. In most cases, quantum vortices are a type of topological...
- Vortex gun may refer to: Vortex ring gun, an experimental non-lethal weapon that uses high-energy vortex rings of gas Air vortex cannon, a toy that releases...
- The horseshoe vortex model is a simplified representation of the vortex system present in the flow of air around a wing. This vortex system is modelled...
- by his stage name ICS Vortex or simply Vortex, is a Norwegian musician. He is the vocalist of the similarly named band ICS Vortex, the avant-garde metal...