vortex
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vortex
- /ˈvɔɹtɛks/ US
Rhymes with -ɔɹtɛks
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin vortex. Doublet of vertex.
noun vortices · vortexes
- A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column. 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.
- Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre. It’s hard to imagine that there is any major American clothing brand that does not have a store in the consumer vortex that is East Hampton; […]
- Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current. In early youth, the living drama acted around me, drew my heart and soul into its vortex.
- 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. Novv ſhou'd it happen that any of theſe Sun-like Bodies in the Centers of the ſeveral Vortices ſhou'd be ſo incruſtated and vveaken'd, as to be carried about in the Vortex of the true Sun, if it vvere of leſs Solidity, or leſs capable of Motion than the Globules, tovvards the extremity of the Solar
- Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.
- A group of vultures or buzzards. But when we reach the vortex of vultures, there he is.
verb vortexes · vortexing · vortexed
- To mix using a vortex mixer.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: maelstrom, whirlpool, swirl, convolution, whirl, wave, flurry, shake, stir, agitate, eddy, whirlwind, turmoil, vorticity, cycle, spiral
Translations
Every language
noun whirlpool — see also whirlpool
| Español | remolino |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 소용돌이 soyongdori |
| 日本語 | 渦 uzu |
| 中文 | 渦旋 /涡旋 wōxuán |
| Português | turbilhão, redemoinho, rodamoinho, remoinho, vórtice |
| Français | tourbillon |
| Deutsch | Wirbel |
| Ελληνικά | δίνη díni |
| Română | vâltoare, vârtej, bulboană |
| Русский | водоворо́т vodovorót, вихрь vixrʹ, воро́нка vorónka |
noun anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre
| Español | vórtice |
|---|---|
| Português | turbilhão, redemoinho |
| Français | tourbillon |
| Italiano | vortice, mulinello |
Talk about this word "vortex." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/vortex. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. vortex. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/vortex "vortex." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vortex.Cite this
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title = {vortex},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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