vortex street

British  

noun

1. a regular stream of vortices or parallel streams of vortices carried downstream by the flow of a fluid over a body. These are sometimes made visible by vapour condensation as in the vortex trails from the wing tips of an aeroplane See also Kármán vortex street vortex shedding

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Example Sentences

"They work in tandem to utilize the reverse-Kármán vortex street and adjust their caudal fins accordingly."

From Science Daily

The Washington Post speculates that incident may have been the result of a Kármán vortex street — a pattern of swirling vortices that could have resulted from Gibraltar's unique geography — although no official explanation from British Airways has been provided.

From Salon

Since the back part of a katana is not tapered, “it would have a very similar vortex street, like a cylinder’s.”

From Scientific American

This pattern is known rather grandly as a von Karman vortex street.

From Scientific American