"vortex filament" meaning in All languages combined

See vortex filament on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: vortex filaments [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} vortex filament (plural vortex filaments)
  1. (fluid dynamics) A thin, imaginary curve that creates a rotational flow in the space through which it passes.

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