Meaning Of The Word Vortex

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vortex
countable noun: A vortex is a mass of wind or water that spins round so fast that it pulls objects down into its empty centre.

vortex in American English
a whirling mass of water forming a vacuum at its center, into which anything caught in the motion is drawn; whirlpool
noun: a whirling mass of water, esp. one in which a force of suction operates, as a whirlpool

vortex in British English
noun: a whirling mass or rotary motion in a liquid, gas, flame, etc, such as the spiralling movement of water around a whirlpool

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