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vortex

[vawr-teks] / ˈvɔr tɛks /
NOUN
whirling mass of water
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Another goal is to decrease the use of hazardous chemicals and reduce the size and energy demand of hardware by applying advanced predictive technologies for high-power vortices.

From Science Daily

Instead of relying on magnetic or electric polarization states, these materials contain vortices of electric dipoles.

From Science Daily

What is a ‘polar vortex’ and why is it so dangerous?

From Los Angeles Times

Victor Gensini, an associate professor at Northern Illinois University's Department of Earth, Atmosphere, and Environment, recalled one of the more bizarre sights he has beheld in his years of studying these monstrous vortices.

From Salon

If they were named, some feared, they would be pulled into the vortex of legal disputes currently surrounding the nonprofit.

From Los Angeles Times