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vortices

NOUN

circular current

Synonyms

STRONGEST

spiral whirlpool whirlwind

STRONG

cyclone eddy gyre tornado twister waterspout whirl

WEAK

tourbillion

NOUN

whirlpool

Synonyms

STRONGEST

whirlwind

STRONG

eddy waterspout

WEAK

tourbillion

Example Sentences

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These vortices form in pairs that rotate in opposite directions, with one spinning clockwise and the other counterclockwise.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

The breaking of the B-L symmetry produced strings that behave like magnetic flux tubes, while the PQ symmetry created superfluid vortices that carry no magnetic flux.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2025

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 • Nov. 24, 2025

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

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2025

All of this can be explained very well in the atomic model of the world, but only with much greater difficulty using Cartesian vortices.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin