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whirlwindnounA 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.
eddynounA current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
flurrynounA light, brief snowfall; a shower of snow.
vortexnounA whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
maelstromnoun(figuratively) A chaotic or turbulent situation.
whirlpoolnounA swirling body of water.
swirlnounA whirling eddy.
whirlnounAn act of whirling.
wavenounA moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
vortensitynoun(physics) The ratio of vorticity to density of a rotating fluid.
potential vorticitynoun(meteorology) a quantity which is proportional to the product of vorticity and stratification. When applied to air parcels, aids the understanding of cyclogenesis
ferrotoroidicitynoun(physics) The presence in a material of an ordered arrangement of magnetic vortices
vortexonnoun(physics) A toroidal vortex in a fluid
velocity potentialnoun(fluid mechanics, of an inviscid irrotational flow) A scalar potential function relating to the flow’s velocity distribution, defined as ϕ=∇⃑V.
gyroviscositynoun(physics) gyroscopic viscosity
vortex theorynounThe vortex theory of the atom: a theory by Lord Kelvin, to explain why there are relatively few types of atom, but a huge number of each type.
turbulent flownoun(physics) A form of irregular viscous flow in which the velocity and pressure of the fluid fluctuates at random in both time and space,
velocitynoun(physics) A vector quantity that denotes the rate of change of position with respect to time, combining speed with a directional component.
helicitynoun(physics, fluid mechanics, electrodynamics) Any of certain measures of the extent to which vortex lines (in fluid flow) or field lines (in a magnetic or electromagnetic field) kink and twist or link and coil around one another.
vectorpotentialnoun(physics) A vector function whose curl is equal to the magnetic induction

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