vortex plural
vor·tex
The plural form of vortex is vortices
V vDefinitions
- noun plural vortex a whirling mass of water, especially one in which a force of suction operates, as a whirlpool. 1
- noun plural vortex a whirling mass of air, especially one in the form of a visible column or spiral, as a tornado. See also polar vortex. 1
- noun plural vortex a whirling mass of fire, flame, etc. 1
- noun plural vortex a state of affairs likened to a whirlpool for violent activity, irresistible force, etc. 1
- noun plural vortex something regarded as drawing into its powerful current everything that surrounds it: the vortex of war. 1
- noun plural vortex (in Cartesian philosophy) a rapid rotatory movement of cosmic matter about a center, regarded as accounting for the origin or phenomena of bodies or systems of bodies in space. 1