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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 phase, the magnetic directions of individual atoms, called magnetic moments, organize into swirling structures known as vortices.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 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

These vortices can point in two opposite directions while producing neither net magnetization nor net electric polarization.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2025

The team surmised that vortices are the key to mobula rays' filter-feeding ability.

From Science Daily • Nov. 25, 2024

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