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has glosseng: A vortex ring, also called a toroidal vortex, is a region of rotating fluid moving through the same or different fluid where the flow pattern takes on a toroidal (doughnut) shape. The movement of the fluid is about the poloidal or circular axis of the doughnut, in a twisting vortex motion. Examples of this phenomenon is a smoke ring or a microburst, , .
lexicalizationeng: vortex ring
instance of(noun) a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
maelstrom, whirlpool, vortex
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German
has glossdeu: Wirbel (althochdeutsch (h)wirbil, (h)wirvil, von (h)werban, (h)werfan „sich drehen“) bezeichnet
lexicalizationdeu: Wirbel
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media:imgVortex ring of microburst.gif
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