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vortices

NOUN

circular current

Synonyms

STRONGEST

spiral whirlpool whirlwind

STRONG

cyclone eddy gyre tornado twister waterspout whirl

WEAK

tourbillion

NOUN

whirlpool

Synonyms

STRONGEST

whirlwind

STRONG

eddy waterspout

WEAK

tourbillion

Example Sentences

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In this case, the researchers found that magnetic vortices can naturally produce Floquet states when magnons are sufficiently energized.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

All measurements of the magnetic vortices and analysis of data from multiple instruments were carried out using the Labmule program developed at HZDR, which is available as a lab automation tool.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Optical vortices, which are light beams that carry orbital angular momentum, offer remarkable opportunities for ultra-precise material processing, accelerating particles, expanding data transmission capacity and enabling next-generation photonics.

From Science Daily • Nov. 24, 2025

Instead of relying on magnetic or electric polarization states, these materials contain vortices of electric dipoles.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2025

All of this can be explained very well in the atomic model of the world, but only with much greater difficulty using Cartesian vortices.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin