vortex
Whirlpool's churning shape
A vortex is a spinning mass of fluid—water, air, or other substance—that draws things toward its center.
Whirlpools and tornadoes are vortexes.
The word extends to anything that pulls you in irresistibly: She was drawn into a vortex of debt.
Plural: vortexes or vortices.
Violent whirlpool or upheaval
- eddyCircular counter-current
- swirlRotating, curving movement
- whirlRotate very quickly
- gyreCircular or spiral motion
suction · undertow · current · drainage · spinning · engulf · centripetal · funnel
Spiraling three-dimensional curve
- coilWound circular arrangement
- swirlRotating, curving movement
- gyreCircular or spiral motion
- corkscrewTool for opening bottles
whorl · funnel · conical · spinning · rotating · descending · tightening · concentric
Violent disturbance or confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- tumultNoisy, chaotic disturbance
- frenzyViolent mental agitation
maelstrom · whirlwind · confusion · disorder · mayhem · bedlam · swept up · caught up
Violent tropical windstorm
- typhoonWestern Pacific hurricane
- tornadoViolent rotating windstorm
- eyeOrgan of sight
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
winds · tempest · rotation · atmospheric · funnel cloud · twister · updraft · debris
Chaotic flow patterns
- eddiesCounter-flowing circular currents
- shearLateral sliding force
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- wakePath left in water
streamlines · velocity · momentum · currents · aerodynamics · hydrodynamics · cavitation · Reynolds
Collapsed star's remnant
- event horizonBlack hole's edge
- singularityPoint where values explode
- quasarLuminous active galactic core
- gravity wellRegion of curved spacetime
space-time · wormhole · gravitational · nebula · galactic · interstellar · pulsar · relativistic
Imposing entrance or gate
- dimensionalRelating to measurable extent
- energyPower to do work
- auraPerceived emanation surrounding someone
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
otherworldly · summoning · manifestation · rift · gateway · astral · ethereal · conjuring
maelstrom
Violent whirlpool or upheaval
gyre · suction · undertow · current · drainage · spinning · engulf · centripetal · funnel · drain
helix
Spiraling three-dimensional curve
corkscrew · whorl · funnel · conical · spinning · rotating · descending · tightening · concentric · inward
turmoil
Violent disturbance or confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- tumultNoisy, chaotic disturbance
frenzy · maelstrom · whirlwind · confusion · disorder · mayhem · bedlam · swept up · caught up · disorienting
hurricane
Violent tropical windstorm
storm · winds · tempest · rotation · atmospheric · funnel cloud · twister · updraft · debris · destruction
turbulence
Chaotic flow patterns
wake · streamlines · velocity · momentum · currents · aerodynamics · hydrodynamics · cavitation · Reynolds · viscosity
black hole
Collapsed star's remnant
- event horizonBlack hole's edge
- singularityPoint where values explode
- quasarLuminous active galactic core
gravity well · space-time · wormhole · gravitational · nebula · galactic · interstellar · pulsar · relativistic · dark matter
portal
Imposing entrance or gate
- dimensionalRelating to measurable extent
- energyPower to do work
- auraPerceived emanation surrounding someone
supernatural · otherworldly · summoning · manifestation · rift · gateway · astral · ethereal · conjuring · channeling
- Tornadoestornado, twister, funnel cloud, funnel, supercell
- spiralsspiral, helix, logarithmic spiral, coil, whorl
- vorticeswhirlpool, whirlpools, tornado, tornadoes, twister
- whirlpoolsmaelstrom, eddy, Charybdis, gyre
- storm anatomysupercell, cumulonimbus, mesocyclone, wall cloud, funnel cloud
- Storm Featureseye, eyewall, rainband, updraft, downdraft
vortexstillness
Complete lack of motion
still water · calm · stagnation · motionlessness · stasis
vortexoutflow
Fluid exiting a system
dispersion · diffusion · radiation · emanation · expansion
vortexstability
Resistance to displacement
equilibrium · order · uniformity · balance · steadiness
- polar vortexPersistent circulating cold air mass
- swirling vortex
- polar vortexesSpinning cold air zones
- spinning vortex
- time vortexSpinning passage through history
- polar vorticesCirculating arctic upper-atmosphere winds