vortexes
Fluid spiral formations
Vortexes is a plural of vortex—a spinning mass of fluid or air that draws things toward its center, like a whirlpool or tornado.
The word extends to any situation that seems to pull everything into itself: vortexes of political chaos, energy vortexes.
The Latin plural vortices appears in scientific contexts, but vortexes dominates in general use.
Rotating water formation
- eddyCircular counter-current
- swirlRotating, curving movement
- maelstromViolent whirlpool or upheaval
- spiralCurve winding around center
turbulence · rotation · current · cyclone · waterspout · gyre · funnel · spin
Violent rotating windstorm
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- twisterRotating destructive windstorm
- dust devilSmall rotating wind column
storm · funnel cloud · supercell · typhoon · waterspout · windstorm · updraft · eye
Complete disorder and confusion
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- spiralCurve winding around center
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- pullForce toward oneself
center · gravity · force · inescapable · consuming · overwhelming · momentum · drawn
Rotational motion quantity
- fluid dynamicsScience of flowing matter
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- circulationMovement through a system
- aerodynamicsPhysics of air motion
lift · drag · wingtip · trailing · shed · ring · core · filament
whirlpool
Rotating water formation
spiral · turbulence · rotation · current · cyclone · waterspout · gyre · funnel · spin · circulation
tornado
Violent rotating windstorm
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
- twisterRotating destructive windstorm
dust devil · storm · funnel cloud · supercell · typhoon · waterspout · windstorm · updraft · eye · landfall
chaos
Complete disorder and confusion
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- spiralCurve winding around center
- descentDownward slope or lineage
pull · center · gravity · force · inescapable · consuming · overwhelming · momentum · drawn · sucked
angular momentum
Rotational motion quantity
- fluid dynamicsScience of flowing matter
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- circulationMovement through a system
aerodynamics · lift · drag · wingtip · trailing · shed · ring · core · filament · instability
- spinnersspinning top, tops, top, gyroscopes, fidget spinner
- Earth Mysteriesley lines, alignments, Nazca Lines, power points, power spots
- paranormalghosts, paranormal, haunting, poltergeist, apparition
- sacred sitesBuddhist temples, Jerusalem, consecrated ground, Hindu temples, sacred rivers
vortexesstillness
Complete lack of motion
still water · stagnation · motionlessness · calm · stasis
vortexestranquility
Undisturbed peacefulness
placidity · serenity · equilibrium · stability · peacefulness
- polar vortexPersistent circulating cold air mass
- swirling vortex
- polar vortexesSpinning cold air zones
- spinning vortex
- time vortexSpinning passage through history