whirlpool

Electrons are difficult to observe, but physicists thought that rotating a Bose-Einstein condensate in a whirlpool could make atoms behave the same way.
How the world’s first ‘quantum tornadoes’ came to be|Rahul Rao|January 17, 2022|Popular-Science
Tides are global forces, but they also feature local and regional improvisations—eddies, whirlpools, vortices, maelstroms—their cosmic regularity perturbed by wind and weather conditions, as well as by local topography.
The Power of the Waves - Issue 108: Change|Richard Hamblyn|December 1, 2021|Nautilus
The front plunged through the far side of the whirlpool, and Johnson was submerged up to his neck.
The Epic Battle to Break the Mississippi River Canoe Record|jversteegh|November 3, 2021|Outside Online
In a whirlpool tub, the pump sends the debris into the tub itself.
How can I get rid of the gunk in my whirlpool tub?|Jeanne Huber|April 12, 2021|Washington Post

To minimize this problem, Jacuzzi, the brand that came out with the first whirlpool tub, in 1968, now has a feature called Auto-Dri, which blows remaining air out of the system after the tub drains.
How can I get rid of the gunk in my whirlpool tub?|Jeanne Huber|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
The shock plunges you into a whirlpool of fear, denial and feverish action.
Meet America's Overworked Caregivers|Gail Sheehy|April 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The new wrinkle is that the river of time may whirlpool and even fork.
Is Paris Hilton Killing Science?|Nash Landesman|April 15, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The wild frontier life had drawn him in and under, as in a whirlpool; but he was New Englander yet at heart.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
The money was sucked into the whirlpool; there was a speedy cry for more; and more was got and sacrificed.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Thereafter we were buffeted like chips in the swirling maw of a whirlpool; we fought our way rod by rod.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
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
He begins to edge in, and starts grinding his camera frantically as he is lifted into the whirlpool of humanity.
My Wonderful Visit|Charlie Chaplin

British Dictionary definitions for whirlpool

whirlpool

/ (ˈwɜːlˌpuːl) /

noun

a powerful circular current or vortex of water, usually produced by conflicting tidal currents or by eddying at the foot of a waterfall

something resembling a whirlpool in motion or the power to attract into its vortex

short for whirlpool bath

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Scientific definitions for whirlpool

whirlpool

[ wûrl′pōōl′ ]

A rapidly rotating current of water or other liquid that sucks everything near it toward its center. The meeting of two tides can create a whirlpool.

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