vortex

Plural: vortexes, vortices

Noun

• A whirling mass of fluid or air; a whirlpool.
• the shape of something rotating rapidly
• a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
• A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
• Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.
• Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.
• 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.
• Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.

Verb

• To mix using a vortex mixer.

Examples

• The Scrabble board became a vortex of letters, making it hard to find a clear path for a word.

Synonyms

convolution, maelstrom, swirl, whirl, whirlpool

Related Words

eddy, ley line, maelstrom, vortical, vorticity, VORTICAL