vortices

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Vortices tend to stay pinned in this way, but sometimes they can unpin and migrate away from the object.

From Scientific American • Jul. 18, 2023

Vortices are shed from a wing at both the top and bottom of the flapping stroke, the shed vortices moving away and downstream in what are termed ‘vortex streets’.

From Scientific American • Sep. 4, 2017

Take Yu’s “Lattice and Continuum Models of Solitons and Vortices in Bilayer Graphene,” an investigation in theoretical physics.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2016

Vortices of snow whirl up in front of them.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Vortices of air spiraled out from her wing tips, sending golden hemlock pollen twisting in circles.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George