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A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the

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A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it, by a theory of vortices. (more info) 1. A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle, and to draw in towards the center bodies subject to its action; the form assumed by a fluid in such motion; a whirlpool; an eddy.

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  • FERMENTABLE
    Capable of fermentation; as, cider and other vegetable liquors are fermentable.
  • VORTEX THEORY
    The theory, advanced by Thomson on the basis of investigation by Helmholtz, that the atoms are vortically moving ring-shaped masses (or masses of other forms having a similar internal motion) of a homogeneous, incompressible, frictionless fluid.
  • FERMENT
    fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil, ferment: cf. F. 1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer. Note: Ferments are of two kinds: Formed or organized ferments. Unorganized or structureless ferments. The
  • STRUGGLER
    One who struggles.
  • HURRY-SKURRY
    Confusedly; in a bustle. Gray.
  • BUSTLER
    An active, stirring person.
  • LOITERER
    1. One who loiters; an idler. 2. An idle vagrant; a tramp. Bp. Sanderson.
  • SCRAMBLED EGGS
    Eggs of which the whites and yolks are stirred together while cooking, or eggs beaten slightly, often with a little milk, and stirred while cooking.
  • TURMOIL
    Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion. And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, A blessed soul doth in Elysium. Shak. (more info) the hopper of a mill, trembler to tremble ;
  • SCRAMBLE
    1. To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks. 2. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what
  • DAWDLE
    To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter. Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. Johnson. We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. Thackeray. (more info) Etym:
  • VORTEX RING
    A ring-shaped mass of moving fluid which, by virtue of its motion of rotation around an axis disposed in circular form, attains a more or less distinct separation from the surrounding medium and has many of the properties of a solid.
  • FERMENTATION
    1. The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense , the transformation of an organic substance into new compounds by the action of a ferment, either formed or unorganized. It differs in kind according
  • LOITERINGLY
    In a loitering manner.
  • HURRY
    haste, Dan. hurre to buzz, Icel. hurr hurly-burly, MHG. hurren to 1. To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. Impetuous lust hurries him on. South. They hurried him abroad a bark. Shak. 2. To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action;
  • VORTEX FILAMENT
    A vortex tube of infinitesimal cross section.
  • VORTEX
    A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted to account for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the
  • FERMENTATION THEORY
    The theory which likens the course of certain diseases (esp. infectious diseases) to the process of fermentation, and attributes them to the organized ferments in the body. It does not differ materially from the accepted germ theory .
  • COMMOTION
    1. Disturbed or violent motion; agitation. commotion in the winds! Shak. 2. A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot. When ye shall hear of wars and commotions. Luke xxi. 9. 3. Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind; heat; excitement.
  • BUSTLE
    To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd. And leave the world for me to bustle in. Shak.
  • PREFERMENT
    1. The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference. Natural preferment of the one . . . before the other. Sir T. Browne. 2. The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion. Neither
  • WHURRY
    To whisk along quickly; to hurry. Whurrying the chariot with them to the shore. Vicars.
  • RE-FERMENT
    To ferment, or cause to ferment, again. Blackmore.
  • DEFERMENT
    The act of delaying; postponement. My grief, joined with the instant business, Begs a deferment. Suckling.

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