vortex
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Synonyms: vertex, cortex, virtex, vortec, gortex
Antonyms: vertex, cortex, virtex, vortec, gortex
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Noun
- A [[whirlwind]], [[whirlpool]], or similarly moving matter in the form of a [[spiral]] or [[column]].
- {{lb|en|figuratively}} Anything that involves constant [[violent]] or [[chaotic]] activity around some centre.
- {{lb|en|figuratively}} Anything that [[inevitably]] [[draw]]s surrounding things into its current.
- {{lb|en|historical}} A supposed collection of [[particle]]s 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.
- {{lb|en|zoology}} Any of numerous species of small {{taxfmt|Turbellaria|class}} belonging to ''[[Vortex]]'' and allied genera.
- {{lb|en|collective}} A group of [[vulture]]s or [[buzzard]]s.
Verb
- {{lb|en|chemistry}} To mix using a [[vortex mixer]].
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