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remolino — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • eddy noun A swirl of water or air that spins in the opposite direction to the main flow around it.
  • gyre noun A swirling vortex.
  • swirl verb To move in a twisting, circular pattern.
  • vortex noun A spinning mass of air, water, or other matter that pulls things toward its centre, such as a whirlpool or whirlwind.
  • whirlpool noun A powerful, swirling current of water that pulls objects toward its centre.

Senses

remolino is used for these senses in English:

  • cowlick An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.
  • eddy A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
  • gyre A swirling vortex.
  • swirl A whirling eddy.
  • vortex A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
  • whirlpool A swirling body of water.

eddy — full definition

  1. noun A swirl of water or air that spins in the opposite direction to the main flow around it.
  2. verb To swirl or circle back on itself, the way water or air does around an obstacle.

gyre — full definition

  1. noun A swirling vortex.
  2. noun A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
  3. noun Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”).
  4. noun An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.

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