The philosopher Renˆ Descartes (1596-1650) describes a vortex as a whirling object appearing as a sun or star in space, throwing off light centrifugally as it spins. A vortex can also be a whirlpool or whirlwind, and thus can suck things beyond itself to another dimension. For Blake, the vortex was a way of explaining how a "Wild Flower" can open up to be "a Heaven" (E 490). Everything has its own vortex and appearance as one approaches it; as one passes through, it unfolds progressively on the other side like a globe or a sky or a man. In The Four Zoas Urizen constructs a mechanistic heaven of Cartesian vortices.
A kind of stirrer Stirrer produces a vortex (swirl) by tapping a test tube or culture tube
A whirling mass of air that increases drag on a flying surface
A swirling flow structure within a region of fluid flow.
Vortices. Rapidly spinning columns of air.
A whirlpool or eddy in a fluid.
the shape of something rotating rapidly
a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides)
a body of air or water that is swirling around itself
a bunch of air circulating around itself
a current of swirling air that moves against the main current of air
a mass of energy that moves in a rotary or whirling motion, causing a depression or vacuum at the center
a mass of rotating air and consists of a core and a flow field about the core
a mass of rotating or whirling fluid
an eddy where part of a fluid rotates with intense spiral motion
a region of fluid that's circulating in one direction around a line passing through that region
a rotating flow of fluid, such as occurs in a draining bathtub
a structure in which material flows with a circular pattern about an empty core
a swirling of air coming from underneath the tip of the plane and wrapping upward over the top of the wingtip
a whirling or circular motion of a liquid or air, tending to form a low pressure area in the centre
a whirlwind, a whirlpool, a circular motion
a white column of swirling ectoplasm captured using a film processing camera
a mass of fluid (as a liquid) with a whirling or circular motion that tends to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle and to draw toward this cavity or vacuum bodies subject to its action; a region within a body of fluid in which the fluid elements have an angular velocity
Having a whirling or circling effect as applied to aerial application, the whirling air patterns at each wing tip which affect the spray application.
A vortex is a mass of whirling fluid or gas. The Great Red Spot is possibly the most powerful vortex in our Solar System. It has raged on the planet for as long as we have been able to see Jupiter itself – some 300 years. This violent storm maintains its energy mainly due to Jupiter's high rate of spin.
(plural: vortices)vertical axis of extremely low pressure around which winds rotate.
A rotating motion in a parcel of air. Can be seen as 'whisps' of air coming from the top, outer edge of the rear wing in humid conditions.
In its most general use, any flow possessing vorticity. More often the term refers to a flow with closed streamlines.
contrail of swirling air created at wingtip by differential pressure above and below wing as an aircraft flies. Source of wake turbulence.
Any circular or rotary flow in the atmosphere that possesses vorticity.
The vapor trails produced off a car's rear end or wings under wet conditions. They are similar to those produced by the engines of jet airplanes.
An area of revolving compressed air. The most obvious examples are the vortices that are visible coming off the rear wing of a racecar in humid conditions.
A whirling mass of air in the form of a column or spiral. It need not be oriented vertically but, for example, could be rotating around a horizontal axis.
a narrow tube of spiraling air.
A revolving mass of water which forms a Whirlpool. A spiral motion of fluid within a limited area, especially a whirling mass of water or air that sucks everything near it toward its center. This whirlpool is caused by water flowing out of a small opening in the bottom of a basin or reservoir. A funnel-shaped opening is created downward from the water surface.
A fluid that rotates around its own center. Turbulent flow is made up of many little vortices.
a rapidly whirling spiral
A rotary, swirling, circular motion of a fluid, like wind or water. The vortex forms a vacuum at its center that draws objects toward it. Examples of vortex motion are tornadoes and whirlpools, including the small whirlpool formed by water draining from a sink.
A circular, whirling movement of air forming a space in the center, toward which anything caught in the vortex tends to move.
A vortex (pl. vortices) is a spinning, often turbulent, flow (or any spiral motion) with closed streamlines. The shape of media or mass swirling rapidly around a center forms a vortex. It flows in a circular motion.
Vortex was a Canadian Saturday morning programming block dedicated to animation, aired on YTV and was hosted by Paula Lemyre. It was formerly hosted by Stephanie Broschart, who left in 2002. Unlike its predecessors, The Vortex only aired on Saturday mornings.