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Definitioner
Substantiv
- A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
- (figuratively) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.
- (figuratively) Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.
- (historical) A supposed collection of particles of very subtle matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or planet; part of a Cartesian theory accounting for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it.
- (zoology) Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.
Exempel
- An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.
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