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fluid flow revolving around an axis of rotation
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vortex

Summary

vortex ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,482 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • vortex is a type of fluid flow[2].
  • vortex's Commons category is recorded as Vortices[3].
  • vortex's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vortices[4].
  • vortex's has characteristic is recorded as rotation[5].
  • vortex's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[6].

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Definition and Type

vortex is a type of fluid flow[2].

Why It Matters

vortex ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,482 views/month).[1] vortex has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] vortex is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vortex_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{vortex}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vortex}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 20d ago · EPorto (WMB) · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q138638986
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5008]]: [[Q138638986]], adding labels and P5008 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/3eae643683c|details]])"
  2. 4w ago · Infovarius · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Fluid dynamics
    Has characteristic → rotation
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||cv, en-ca, en-gb */ [[MediaWiki talk:Gadget-autoEdit.js|autoEdit]] Update Labels"
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