vortex shedding

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the process by which vortices formed continuously by the aerodynamic conditions associated with a solid body in a gas or air stream are carried downstream by the flow in the form of a vortex streetSee also vortex street

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Words nearby vortex shedding

vorspiel, Vorster, vortex, vortex drag, vortex ring, vortex shedding, vortex street, vortex vein, vortical, vorticella, vorticism

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How to use vortex shedding in a sentence

Many young people are still shedding the ignorance of our parents.
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Watching him now being accused of illegal operations will not see them shedding any tears.
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Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon labels the show a “crass stunt” on a “bottom-feeding vortex of sadness network.”
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Prince has a habit of shedding protégés almost as quickly as he picks them up.
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Yet not everyone is caught up this vortex of paralysis and resentment.
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With a gasp she felt herself falling straight down through a swirling vortex of sensation, to the very sand-bed of the stream.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa
We stole along the shadowed side of the street, the moon was up, shedding much too bright a light now for comfort.
Valley of the Croen|Lee Tarbell
A lamp stood on the chimney-piece shedding its rays over the Muse in one of her most bewitching aspects.
Urania|Camille Flammarion
I touched her hand, as we paused beneath a blossoming apple tree, with the fragrance shedding about us.
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton
He had now come to the verge of the whirlpool of destruction, and, in a frenzied moment, he threw himself into the awful vortex!
Charles Duran|The Author of The Waldos