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vortices



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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

The newly discovered vortices could supply part of the answer.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 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

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

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

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



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