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Meanings of vortex in English

Russian
вихрь
Portuguese
vórtices
Spanish
vórtice
Catalan
vòrtex
Wikidata

Fluid flow revolving around an axis of rotation.

        вихрь
        Portuguese
        turbilhão
        Catalan
        remolí

        The shape of something rotating rapidly.

              turbilhão
              Portuguese
              funil
              Catalan
              re- molí
              Spanish
              remolino

              A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

                    funil

                    Class of spy satellite operated by the United States.

                          Usage of vortex in English
                          1
                          A polar vortex across the midwest and northeast didn't exactly help business.
                          Reuters
                          2
                          Thomas was going down-down into the vortex without any hope of rescue.
                          Take a Chance on Me
                          3
                          They were on the edge of the vortex of the old dispute.
                          The Path of a Star
                          4
                          On the contrary, she was tossed in the vortex of warring impulses.
                          The Auction Block
                          5
                          New banks were started; merchants plunged recklessly into the vortex of speculation.
                          Across India; Or, Live Boys in the Far East
                          6
                          It has plunged me into the very vortex of this ghastly affair.
                          The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
                          7
                          Deeper into the vortex This was Clara's third time inside a Dalek.
                          The Guardian
                          8
                          Here is a plot of the horizontal position of the vortex projectile.
                          Wired
                          9
                          The NMR spectrum also implies an anomalous electronic structure of vortex cores.
                          Pubmed
                          10
                          This is the crater, here, with the vortex at the bottom, there.
                          The Vortex Blaster
                          11
                          She was plainly not a part of the vortex that surrounded her.
                          People of the Whirlpool / From The Experience Book of a Commuter...
                          12
                          I plunged into a vortex of pleasures, at once hollow and real.
                          The Magic Skin
                          13
                          They were hung perfectly motionless at the rim of the slow vortex.
                          The apocalypse reader
                          14
                          Sometimes their judgment erred, and carried them into a vortex of misery.
                          Windjammers and Sea Tramps
                          15
                          First of all, I found out that the vortex itself is deadly.
                          Dead beat
                          16
                          He lived in a vortex of mental confusion, performing his tasks mechanically.
                          Merton of the Movies
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                          Translations for vortex
                          Russian
                          вихрь
                          Vortex through the time
                          Vortex across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common