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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Vortex fringe

· Vor·tex fringe · IPA
01 The region immediately surrounding a disk moving flatwise through air; -- so called because the air has a cyclic motion as in vortex ring.
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    The region immediately surrounding a disk moving flatwise through air; -- so called because the air has a cyclic motion as in vortex ring.