Толковый словарь английского языка - vortex
Vortex
vortex
noun (plural vortices; also ~es) see: vertex Date: 1652 something that resembles a whirlpool , 2. a mass of fluid (as a liquid) with a whirling or circular motion that tends to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle and to draw toward this cavity or vacuum bodies subject to its action, a region within a body of fluid in which the fluid elements have an angular velocity
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n. (pl. vortexes or vortices) 1 a mass of whirling fluid, esp. a whirlpool or whirlwind. 2 any whirling motion or mass. 3 a system, occupation, pursuit, etc., viewed as swallowing up or engrossing those who approach it (the vortex of society). 4 Physics a portion of fluid whose particles have rotatory motion. Phrases and idioms vortex-ring a vortex whose axis is a closed curve, e.g. a smoke-ring. Derivatives vortical adj. vortically adv. vorticity n. vorticose adj. vorticular adj. Etymology: L vortex -icis eddy, var. of VERTEX ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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