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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Noun
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These turbulent flows, resembling whirlpools, are notoriously complex and have long posed significant challenges for accurate modeling.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Aug. 2025 -
Chill Island features pools, whirlpools, and Royal Caribbean’s swim-up bar at sea, Swim & Tonic.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
19 Aug. 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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