Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.
Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.
A supposed collection of particles of very subtlematter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or planet; part of a Cartesiantheory accounting for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it.
Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.
Origin
From Latin vortex.
Modern English dictionary
Explore and search massive catalog of over 900,000 word meanings.
Word of the Day
Get a curated memorable word every day.
Challenge yourself
Level up your vocabulary by setting personal goals.