Noun, : the vortex of war. From Dictionary.com.
“He said he wanted to sacrifice Alexa to some things he called vortices,” she continued. From Wordnik.com. [Eye of the Beholder] Reference
O'BRIEN (voice-over): The tornadoes, known as vortices, are stirred up by a wing slicing through the air. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2001] Reference
When planes with Delta shaped wings fly, the wings 'leading edges generate tornadoes of air called vortices that help create lift. From Wordnik.com. [Building A Better Wing] Reference
Fake or authentic, this image looks what I can realistically imagine one of the area's famed "vortices" looking like. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
This refers to the fact that such a field lacks "vortices" that go around in circles. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
This refers to the fact that such a field lacks "vortices" that go around in circles. divergence of zero is solenoidal. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]
There are at least 7 'vortices' in the world's oceans where for hundreds and more square miles every inch is covered by non-degradable plastic and things like rubber flip-flops. From Wordnik.com. [Marketplace] Reference
But the great question to decide is: Do these vortices really exist?. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
We have already alluded to the lateral vortices of the terral system. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
That there are also secondary vortices, in which the planets are placed. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
There is yet another cause (just alluded to) which modifies the action of the vortices. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
The intervals between the ascending and descending passages of the different vortices, are. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
The idea generally received is that this, as well as three smaller vortices among the Feroe Islands. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from Poe] Reference
We may suppose that the motion of these parts takes the form of revolving circular currents or vortices. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
But in all finite vortices there must be a limit, outside of which the motion is null, or perhaps contrary. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
This is true; yet only indicating that where the vortices are central, an unusual disturbance is taking place. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
The theory of vortices has had many staunch supporters amongst those deeply versed in the science of the schools. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
Thus the objection to Kepler's immaterial vortices is met and overcome by our conception of the Aether (Chap. IV.). From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
Then he goes on to prove that the quantity of heat in a body is measured by the molecular revolutions of the vortices. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
Thunder and rain, without storms, however, are common in other tropical countries, also out of the reach of the vortices. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
We shall now show from the record, that the other vortices are as effective in deranging the equilibrium of our atmosphere. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
Whether this mode of action has been correctly inferred, matters little; the lateral vortices follow the law of such a position. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
Ex-Governor Pownall, after comparing this confusion to Des Cartes's chaos of vortices, remarked, (1768,) in a letter addressed to. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862] Reference
There are six principal vortices ever in operation on the surface of the earth, and their disturbing influence extends from 200 to. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
Two mighty vortices, Pericles and Alexander the Great, drew into strong eddies about themselves all the glory and the pomp of Greek literature. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Further, Descartes was unable to give, or explain the ellipticity of the orbits of planets, and had to assume that there were elliptic vortices. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
Again, it may be said that rain, and cloudy days, and fresh breezes, and even strong winds, sometimes occur, when the vortices do not pass centrally. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
Thus, it will frequently be noticed that these vortices are flanked by bands of clouds, which pass southward, although the individual clouds may be moving eastward. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
As long as the dry north-west trade sets down the coast of California, the circumstances are not favorable for giving full development to the action of the vortices. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
Descartes advanced his theory of vortices in the ethereal medium, in which the planets were borne in orbits around the sun, and the satellites around their primaries. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
Indeed there is no objection to the theory of vortices, which cannot be satisfactorily explained by a rotating electro-magnetic Aether, as we shall see when we deal with. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
There are, therefore, two lateral vortices, and one central, in both hemispheres, and by this simple arrangement is the earth watered, and the atmospheric circulation produced. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
He adds: "A medium of this kind filled with molecular vortices, having their axes parallel, differs from an ordinary medium in having different pressures in different directions.". From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
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