vortex

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vortex. Doublet of vertex. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɔɹtɛks/ Rhymes: -ɔɹtɛks === Noun === vortex (plural vortices or vortexes) A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column. (figuratively) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre. (figuratively) Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current. (historical) 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. (zoology) Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera. (collective) A group of vultures. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== vortical vorticity ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== eddy ley line maelstrom === Verb === vortex (third-person singular simple present vortexes, present participle vortexing, simple past and past participle vortexed) (chemistry) To mix using a vortex mixer. === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “vortex”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “vortex”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vortex. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɔʁ.tɛks/ === Noun === vortex m (uncountable) vortex === Further reading === “vortex”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From vortō (“to turn around, turn about”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɔr.tɛks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɔr.teks] === Noun === vortex m (genitive vorticis); third declension archaic form of vertex ==== Inflection ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “vortex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "vortex", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “vortex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French vortex, or a learned borrowing from Latin vortex. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvor.teks/ === Noun === vortex n (plural vortexuri) vortex ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “vortex”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026