variants
also vortexes
as in gulfs
water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center
a boat sucked down into the vortex
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Recent Examples of vortices
This phenomenon is named for Sakuhei Fujiwhara, a scientist who studied how vortices in fluid interact.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2025
How long do polar vortexes last?
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
Water vortices, such as whirlpools, are little water whirls that spin around.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2025
How long do polar vortexes last?
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
Water vortices, such as whirlpools, are little water whirls that spin around.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vortices
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Water vortices, such as whirlpools, are little water whirls that spin around.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Cove has four pools, two whirlpools, two twisty water slides, a family pool, 27 cabanas, a walk-up restaurant, and a swim-up bar.—
Charlie Vargas,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, in two of the four cases with moderate bubble size and density, the turbulence in the flow closely followed Kolmogorov’s predictions at small scales for eddies smaller than the size of the bubbles.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Vortices.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vortices. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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