Vortex

whirling vor' or -teks circular, s.; motion pl. Vortices of water or Vortexes; a whirl-, ing of the air; a whirlwind. In the Cartes i an system, the theory of a collection of particles matter forming an ether or fluid, endowed with rapid rotatory motion around an axis, as accounting for the planetary revolutions (L. from ver to, turn.)