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During an economic slowdown, one needs to be cautious, but I think it's equally important to not get sucked into the vortex of defensive thinking.
Pankaj Patel

Meaning of "vortex" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VORTEX

From Latin: a whirlpool; variant of vertex.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VORTEX

vortex  [ˈvɔːtɛks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VORTEX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vortex is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VORTEX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

vortex

Vortex

In fluid dynamics, a vortex is a region within a fluid where the flow is mostly a spinning motion about an imaginary axis, straight or curved. That motion pattern is called a vortical flow. Vortices form in stirred fluids, including liquids, gases, and plasmas. Some common examples are smoke rings, the whirlpools often seen in the wake of boats and paddles, and the winds surrounding hurricanes, tornadoes and dust devils. Vortices form in the wake of airplanes and are prominent features of Jupiter's atmosphere. Vortices are a major component of turbulent flow. In the absence of external forces, viscous friction within the fluid tends to organize the flow into a collection of so-called irrotational vortices. Within such a vortex, the fluid's velocity is greatest next to the imaginary axis, and decreases in inverse proportion to the distance from it. The vorticity is very high in a core region surrounding the axis, and nearly zero in the rest of the vortex; while the pressure drops sharply as one approaches that region. Once formed, vortices can move, stretch, twist, and interact in complex ways.

Definition of vortex in the English dictionary

The definition of vortex in the dictionary is a whirling mass or rotary motion in a liquid, gas, flame, etc, such as the spiralling movement of water around a whirlpool. Other definition of vortex is any activity, situation, or way of life regarded as irresistibly engulfing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VORTEX


Artex
ˈɑːtɛks
celotex
ˈsɛləˌtɛks
cortex
ˈkɔːtɛks
dentex
ˈdɛntɛks
Gore-Tex
ˈɡɔːˌtɛks
latex
ˈleɪtɛks
neocortex
ˌniːəʊˈkɔːtɛks
Semtex
ˈsɛmtɛks
subcortex
sʌbˈkɔːtɛks
teletex
ˈtɛlɪˌtɛks
vertex
ˈvɜːtɛks
Videotex
ˈvɪdɪəʊˌtɛks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VORTEX

vorpal
Vorster
vortex drag
vortex ring
vortex shedding
vortex street
vortical
vortically
vorticella
vorticellae
vortices
vorticism
vorticist
vorticity
vorticose
vorticular
vortiginous

WORDS THAT END LIKE VORTEX

Amex
apex
associative cortex
cerebral cortex
complex
duplex
Essex
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fedex
flex
forex
frutex
group sex
index
Lastex
lex
Rex
Sussex
tex
unisex

Synonyms and antonyms of vortex in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VORTEX»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «vortex» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of vortex

Translation of «vortex» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VORTEX

Find out the translation of vortex to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vortex from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vortex» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

漩涡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vórtice
570 millions of speakers

English

vortex
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भंवर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دوامة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вихревой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vórtex
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘূর্ণি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tourbillon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Vorteks
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Strudel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

渦巻き
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소용돌이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vortex
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cuộn nước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுழல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भोवरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

girdap
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vortice
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wir
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вихровий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vortex
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

draaikolk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vortex
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vortex
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vortex

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VORTEX»

The term «vortex» is very widely used and occupies the 14.881 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VORTEX» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vortex

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6 QUOTES WITH «VORTEX»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vortex.
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Barbara Amiel
When faced with the inevitable fatigue that comes with the recycling of speeches and the recycling of thoughts in a rather small stream of vortex, I am urged to not be ashamed of recycling.
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Jon Lee Anderson
Life has become terribly insecure. It's on the vortex of civil war. It's difficult to know how America will bring it back from the brink and build up good will.
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Victoria Moran
Our culture has long mistrusted the body. It's been seen as a confusing blend of God's handiwork and the devil's playground. It is, rather, a vortex of intelligence.
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Pankaj Patel
During an economic slowdown, one needs to be cautious, but I think it's equally important to not get sucked into the vortex of defensive thinking.
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Monica Potter
I shop at thrift stores a lot. I have a lot of silver pitchers and I put my flowers in those. I collect antiques, so there are a lot of old rocking chairs... My friends call my home the vortex because nobody wants to leave.
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Ezra Pound
The image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VORTEX»

Discover the use of vortex in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vortex and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Vortex
Meanwhile, the story of Turk and Isaac among the people of Vox is being scrawled in notebooks by a disturbed man in a hospital on twenty-first-century Earth, in the years following the Spin.
Robert Charles Wilson, 2013
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Vortex Dynamics
This book will be of interest to students of fluid mechanics, turbulence, and vortex methods as well as to applied mathematicians and engineers.
P. G. Saffman, 1995
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I of the Vortex: From Neurons to Self
A highly original theory of how the mind-brain works, based on the author's study of single neuronal cells. Color Figures from the book are now available online--click the title for more information.
Rodolfo R. Llinás, 2002
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Vortex Methods: Theory and Practice
This book presents and analyzes vortex methods as a tool for the direct numerical simulation of impressible viscous flows.
Georges-Henri Cottet, Petros D. Koumoutsakos, 2000
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Vortex: The Journey of a Nursing Home Survivor
Where Light and Dark Abide is a true documentary of my experience of living in a nursing facility for thirteen months, what it took me to survive and the people involved.
Sandra Gila, 2011
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Vortex
Young, naïve and enticing, Kevin is driven by curiosity in alternate lifestyles and finds himself smitten by hunky Doug'and more, is willing to be taken by him.
habu, 2009
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Vortex Rings
This book presents a comprehensive coverage of the wide field of vortex rings.
D. G. Akhmetov, 2009
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Vortex
In Book Six of the bestselling nine-book Star Wars Fate of the Jedi series, the suspense crescendoes as the Skywalkers and their treacherous Sith allies race against time to discover the origins of the mysterious Force-entity known as ...
Troy Denning, 2012
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The N-Vortex Problem: Analytical Techniques
This book is an introduction to current research on the N-vortex problem of fluid mechanics in the spirit of several works on N-body problems from ce lestial mechanics, as for example Pollard (1966), Szebehely (1967), or Meyer and Hall ...
Paul K. Newton, 2001
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Pacific Vortex!
The search for the Starbuck plunges Dirk Pitt into his most shattering assignment to date - a whirlpool of deep-sea mystery and terror - the Pacific Vortex!
Clive Cussler, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VORTEX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vortex is used in the context of the following news items.
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VIDEO: Huge vortex used to drain water from Texas lake
DENISON, TX – The US Army Corps of engineers recorded a unique video of a vortex in Texas. The YouTube clip has been seen almost a half million times in ... «fox2now.com, Jun 15»
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Ride operator pleads guilty in Vortex case
Timothy Tutterrow, 48, admitted to altering the ride called The Vortex and has ... the Georgia company that brought the Vortex to the fair, ride owner Macaroni ... «WRAL.com, Jun 15»
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Vortex bladeless turbines wobble to generate energy
Looking somewhat like a giant reed gently swaying in the wind, the new Vortex bladeless wind-driven generator prototype produces electricity with very few ... «Gizmag, May 15»
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Yes, The Weather Is Polar. No, It's Not The Vortex
Much of the country had to bundle up this week owing to some unusually cold weather. Even in the Deep South, residents struggled with temperatures in the low ... «NPR, Nov 14»
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If You Keep Calling It A Polar Vortex, You Don't Know What A Polar …
The next time you hear that a "polar vortex" is headed your way, keep one thing in mind: It's probably bunk. A whole lot of people jumped into "Day After ... «Huffington Post, Nov 14»
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Polar Vortex: The Most Misused Weather Term of 2014
The polar vortex is not moving over the United States this week, regardless of what you may have heard or read, but that doesn't mean that winter weather is not ... «ABC News, Nov 14»
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Get ready for "Polar Vortex, The Sequel"
It's the return of the polar vortex that brought misery a year ago. A mass of whirling cold air will dip southward this weekend, sending the mercury plunging. «CBS News, Nov 14»
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Polar Vortex Could Return This Winter
In spite of a gradual transition from summer to fall, forecasters report that winter is, in fact, coming with a pronounced drop in temperature and high amount of ... «TIME, Oct 14»
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Polar vortex visits to US linked to climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) — Remember the polar vortex, the huge mass of Arctic air that can plunge much of the U.S. into the deep freeze? You might have to get ... «USA TODAY, Sep 14»
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Polar vortex, take 2
Memories of the polar vortex and relentless snowstorms won't soon be forgotten. And the editors of the publication are predicting more of the same for the ... «Crain's Chicago Business, Aug 14»

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