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vortex ring

(Physics / General Physics) a stable perturbation in a fluid that takes the form of a torus in which the flow rotates in the section of the torus so that the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the torus balances body forces. The best-known vortex ring is a smoke ring

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vortex ring (redirected from Spherical vortex)

vortex ring
(redirected from Spherical vortex)