What does "vortex" mean in?

Question

With Google's recent test of print ads with 50 big newspapers, the secret is out: Google aims to become the vortex of all modern advertising.

Does it mean a center with great pulling power?

Answer 1

A vortex action is liken to a spiralling whirlpool. You hit the nail right on the head with your conjecture.

Answer 2

What Does Vortex Mean

Answer 3

Dont u have a dictionary?It's like cyclone ; tornado...
n.; pl. E. Vortexes L. Vortices .
[L. vortex, vertex, -icis, fr.
vortere, vertere, to turn. See Vertex.]

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1.
A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle, and to draw in towards the center bodies subject to its action;
the form assumed by a fluid in such motion; a whirlpool; an eddy.
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2. (Cartesian System)
A supposed collection of particles of very subtile matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or a planet. Descartes attempted
to account for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it, by a theory of vortices.
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3. (Zoöl.)
Any one of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Vortex atom (Chem.), a hypothetical ring-shaped mass of elementary matter in continuous vortical motion. It was conveniently regarded in certain early mathematical models as the typical
form and structure of the chemical atom, but is no longer considered a useful model, having been superseded by quantum mechanics. -- Vortex wheel, a kind of turbine.
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****The vortex of revolution .

Answer 4

the word vortex can be defined by the following :

A spiral motion of fluid within a limited area, especially a whirling mass of water or air that sucks everything near it toward its center.
A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it: “As happened with so many theater actors, he was swept up in the vortex of Hollywood” (New York Times).

Answer 5

Yes

Answer 6

vor·tex /ˈvɔrtɛks/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[vawr-teks] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -tex·es, -ti·ces /-təˌsiz/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[-tuh-seez] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. 1. a whirling mass of water, esp. one in which a force of suction operates, as a whirlpool.
2. a whirling mass of air, esp. one in the form of a visible column or spiral, as a tornado.
3. a whirling mass of fire, flame, etc.
4. a state of affairs likened to a whirlpool for violent activity, irresistible force, etc.
5. something regarded as drawing into its powerful current everything that surrounds it: the vortex of war.
6. (in Cartesian philosophy) a rapid rotatory movement of cosmic matter about a center, regarded as accounting for the origin or phenomena of bodies or systems of bodies in space.


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[Origin: 1645–55; < L, var. of vertex vertex]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source vor·tex (vôr'těks') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. vor·tex·es or vor·ti·ces (-tĭ-sēz')

A spiral motion of fluid within a limited area, especially a whirling mass of water or air that sucks everything near it toward its center.
A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it: "As happened with so many theater actors, he was swept up in the vortex of Hollywood" (New York Times).


[Latin vortex, vortic-, variant of vertex, from vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]


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WordNet - Cite This Source vortex

noun
1. the shape of something rotating rapidly [syn: whirl]
2. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) [syn: whirlpool]

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Plural vortexes or vortices (vôr'tĭ-sēz')
A circular, spiral, or helical motion in a fluid (such as a gas) or the fluid in such a motion. A vortex often forms around areas of low pressure and attracts the fluid (and the objects moving within it) toward its center. Tornados are examples of vortexes; vortexes that form around flying objects are a source of turbulence and drag. See also eddy.


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vor·tex (vôrtks)
n. pl. vor·tex·es or vor·ti·ces (-t-sz)

A spiral motion of fluid within a limited area, especially a whirling mass of water or air that sucks everything near it toward its center.

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Main Entry: vor·tex
Pronunciation: 'vo(&)r-"teks
Function: transitive verb
: to mix (as the contents of a test tube) by means of a rapid whirling or circular motion —vor·tex·ing noun

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Answer 7

I think that is exactly what it means.

While I don't know that I would have used the same working, I would like to compliment you on your interpretation. A very tightly focused analysis.

Answer 8

Here's a good analogy, a tornado...