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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.

Synonyms
Examples for "chalet"
Examples for "chalet"
1
But I know people lived in his chalet all throughout the war.
Silence of the grave
2
We lived there for a time in the cellar of the chalet.
Youth and Egolatry
3
Polanski, under house arrest in his Swiss chalet, was unable to attend.
Reuters
4
A vineyard, a beach house an alpine chalet and a city pad.
Radio NZ
5
Outside, in front of the chalet a road went up the mountain.
A Farewell to Arms
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