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
These vortices are called flux ropes, and satellites had previously observed small flux ropes – but our work helped uncover how they are generated.
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Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
Get pampered at Enchantment Resort Sedona has no shortage of spa and wellness resorts, and one of the most acclaimed of these spots is in Boynton Canyon, one of the city's four major vortexes.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 11 Oct. 2025
By chance, the vortices helped clear dust from solar panels on the Spirit rover in 2009.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
According to the researchers, telescopes do not provide enough warning regarding these potentially hazardous vortices.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Researchers who created early tables that categorized different knots were driven by the idea that atoms were knotted vortices.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 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
Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
Get pampered at Enchantment Resort Sedona has no shortage of spa and wellness resorts, and one of the most acclaimed of these spots is in Boynton Canyon, one of the city's four major vortexes.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 11 Oct. 2025
By chance, the vortices helped clear dust from solar panels on the Spirit rover in 2009.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
According to the researchers, telescopes do not provide enough warning regarding these potentially hazardous vortices.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Researchers who created early tables that categorized different knots were driven by the idea that atoms were knotted vortices.
—Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 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
Noun
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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
Noun
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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 21 Oct. 2025.
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