vortex /vor·tex/ (vor´teks) pl. vor´tices [L.] a whorled or spiral arrangement or pattern, as of muscle fibers, or of the ridges or hairs of the skin.
vortex
vortex [vor´teks] (L.)
vor·tex (vôr t ks )n. pl. vor·tex·es or vor·ti·ces (-t  -s z) A spiral motion of fluid within a limited area, especially a whirling mass of water or air that sucks everything near it toward its center. |
vortex
pl. vortexes, vortices
Etymology: L, whirl
a whirlpool effect produced by the whirling of a more or less cylindric mass of fluid (liquid or gas). The velocity of the motion increases as the radius of the circle described by the motion decreases; the velocity decreases as the radius increases. Tornadoes and whirlpools are examples of free vortexes.
vortex [vor´teks] (L.)
a whorled or spiral arrangement or pattern, as of muscle fibers, or of the ridges or hairs of the skin.
vortex
pl. vortices [L.] a whorled or spiral arrangement or pattern, as of muscle fibers, or of the ridges or hairs of the skin.
vortex cordis
the spiral pattern of the loops of muscle fibers at the apex of the heart.
vortex pilorum
the meeting place of hair streams to form whorls.
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