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Vortex

🔄 Synonyms of "Vortex"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
maelstromnoun	(figuratively) A chaotic or turbulent situation.
whirlnoun	(intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
convolutionnoun	(mathematics, functional analysis) A mathematical operation on two functions that produces a third that expresses how the shape of one is modified by the other; the integral of the product of the two functions after one is reflected about the y-axis and shifted along the x-axis.
swirlnoun	(ambitransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
whirlpoolnoun	A swirling body of water.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Vortex"

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Word	Definition
maelstromnoun	(figuratively) A chaotic or turbulent situation.
whirlpoolnoun	A swirling body of water.
swirlnoun	A whirling eddy.
convolutionnoun	(mathematics, functional analysis) A mathematical operation on two functions that produces a third that expresses how the shape of one is modified by the other; the integral of the product of the two functions after one is reflected about the y-axis and shifted along the x-axis.
whirlnoun	An act of whirling.
wavenoun	A moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
flurrynoun	A light, brief snowfall; a shower of snow.
shakenoun	The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
stirnoun	The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)
agitateverb	(transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
eddynoun	A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
whirlwindnoun	A windstorm of limited extent, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air.
turmoilnoun	A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
vorticitynoun	(mathematics, fluid dynamics) A property of a fluid flow related to local angular rotation; defined as the curl of the flow's velocity field.
cyclenoun	A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
spiralnoun	(geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
wormholenoun	(relativity) A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel.
gyrenoun	(oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
twisternoun	(colloquial) A tornado.
waterspoutnoun	A whirlwind that forms over water, not associated with a mesocyclone of a thunderstorm (contrary to a true tornado).