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vortices

/ˈvɔː.tɪ.siːz/ /ˈvɔɹ.tɪ.siz/

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Tourbillons, vortex

A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.

Examples :

"The air conditioning unit created small vortices of cool air that circulated around the room. "

Le climatiseur créait de petits vortex d'air frais qui circulaient dans la pièce.

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Tourbillons, vortex

Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.

Examples :

"2004: the consumer vortex that is East Hampton — The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.38"

2004 : le vortex de consommation qu'est East Hampton — The New Yorker, 30 août 2004, p.38

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noun

Tourbillons, vortex

Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.

Examples :

"Sentence: The vortices of gossip at school seemed to suck everyone in, even those who tried to stay out of it. "

Les tourbillons de potins à l'école semblaient aspirer tout le monde, même ceux qui essayaient de rester en dehors.

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Tourbillons

A supposed collection of particles of very subtle matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or planet; part of a Cartesian theory accounting for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it.

Examples :

"While Cartesian physics is outdated, one might imagine early scientists believing that planets were swept around the sun by enormous, invisible vortices of swirling matter. "

Bien que la physique cartésienne soit obsolète, on pourrait imaginer que les premiers scientifiques croyaient que les planètes étaient entraînées autour du soleil par d'énormes tourbillons invisibles de matière tourbillonnante.

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Vortex

Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.

Examples :

"Under the microscope, the students observed tiny vortices, small flatworms, swimming through the pond water. "

Au microscope, les étudiants ont observé de minuscules vortex, de petits vers plats, nageant dans l'eau de l'étang.

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