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vortex

[vawr-teks] / ˈvɔr tɛks /
NOUN
whirling mass of water
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This might be because the Integratron was apparently built on a geomagnetic vortex.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Detonation waves form through a fluid mechanical instability involving wave and vortex patterns in the flowing gases.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Until that inevitable conclusion, I’ll be rooting for Max Cady’s campaign against the Bowdens’ vortex of selfishness, which is entirely OK to do.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

The importance of frequent-flier points also would shock analysts emerging from a time vortex.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

His voice sounded like a backward recording—as if the words were being sucked into the vortex of his face rather than projected.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Her drawings, which come in sets of two or three near-identical shapes, have "a beautiful intricacy to them" and "look like swirling vortexes", he said.

From BBC Dec. 9, 2025

Their findings revealed that swimmers can utilize water flow and vortexes more effectively as their speed increases.

From Science Daily Mar. 14, 2024

After the Breton engineers who had designed and assembled the vortexes told everyone to take their seats, the “Prometheus” team quieted down, and waited.

From New York Times Feb. 23, 2024

Mobulas are known to create vortex formations when feeding or resting, but this is the first time vortexes have been reported in a mating context.

From National Geographic Nov. 20, 2023

Little vortexes of dust spiral around the block as I step down from the trailer with my parents.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

Scientists have captured previously unseen plasma vortices swirling across the surface of the Sun, revealing tiny structures that could help explain how our star stores, moves, and releases magnetic energy.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Small disturbances at that boundary can then grow into waves or swirling vortices.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Zooming in on the Sun's surface, the team captured a detailed view of swirling vortices.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

The phenomenon happens when fluids - in this case hot gases - slide past each other and cause small disturbances to grow into spiralling vortices.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Hooke also did away with the vortices, introducing the idea of what we would now call ‘action at a distance’—gravity reaching out across empty space to tug on the Moon or the planets.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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