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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vor•ti•ces (vôr′tə sēz′),USA pronunciation n. - a pl. of vortex.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vor•tex /ˈvɔrtɛks/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -tex•es, -ti•ces /-təˌsiz/USA pronunciation . - Hydraulics, Physicsa whirling mass of water or air, esp. one in which a sucking force operates to pull things in, as a whirlpool or a tornado.
- any situation or state of affairs thought to be like a whirlpool:the vortex of war.
See -vert-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vor•tex (vôr′teks),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tex•es, -ti•ces (-tə sēz′).USA pronunciation - Hydraulics, Physicsa whirling mass of water, esp. one in which a force of suction operates, as a whirlpool.
- Physics, Meteorologya whirling mass of air, esp. one in the form of a visible column or spiral, as a tornado.
- a whirling mass of fire, flame, etc.
- a state of affairs likened to a whirlpool for violent activity, irresistible force, etc.
- something regarded as drawing into its powerful current everything that surrounds it:the vortex of war.
- Philosophy(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.
- Latin, variant of vertex vertex
- 1645–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vortex /ˈvɔːtɛks/ n ( pl -texes, -tices / -tɪˌsiːz/)- a whirling mass or rotary motion in a liquid, gas, flame, etc, such as the spiralling movement of water around a whirlpool
- any activity, situation, or way of life regarded as irresistibly engulfing
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin: a whirlpool; variant of vertexˈvortical adj |