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circular vortex

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circular vortex [′sər·kyə·lər ′vȯr‚teks]
(meteorology)
An atmospheric flow in parallel planes in which streamlines and other isopleths are concentric circles about a common axis; an atmospheric model of easterly and westerly winds is a circular vortex about the earth's polar axis.
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Volestere, 2007, looks like a violent fracas with a circular vortex, as much Road Runner cartoon as Dutch genre scene, although it cannot help but be redolent of Gustave Courbet's yawning Ornans grave as well.
Katy Moran; Andrea Rosen Gallery by Hudson, Suzanne / Artforum International
Photo: A circular vortex roll of dust marks theedge of an evolving microburst.
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