VORTEXES
Noun
vortexes
plural of vortex
Source: Wiktionary
VORTEX
Vor"tex, n.; pl. E. Vortexes, L. Vortices. Etym: [L. vortex, vertex,
-icis, fr. vortere, vertere, to turn. See Vertex.]
1. A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or
circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of
the circle, and to draw in towards the center bodies subject to its
action; the form assumed by a fluid in such motion; a whirlpool; an
eddy.
2. (Cartesian System)
Definition: A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter,
endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the
axis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for the
formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing
it, by a theory of vortices.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to
Vortex and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix. Vortex atom
(Chem.), a hypothetical ring-shaped mass of elementary matter in
continuous vortical motion. It is conveniently regarded in certain
mathematical speculations as the typical form and structure of the
chemical atom.
– Vortex wheel, a kind of turbine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition