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polar vortices

polar vortices is the plural of polar vortex.

Meaning of polar vortex

Noun

polar vortex (plural polar vortexes or polar vortices)

  1. A large-scale cyclone located in the middle and upper troposphere and stratosphere that surround the polar highs and lay in the wake of the polar front.
    • Experts pointed to several factors. One culprit: the polar vortex, a giant mass of cold air normally contained above the North Pole by strong bands of circulating winds. In recent weeks, the vortex has broken apart, with one block of cold air escaping into Canada and the United States, and another...2019 January 22, Richard A. Oppel Jr, “Had Enough of Snow? Try Frost Quakes, Waterspouts and Bitter Cold”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about polar vortices

What is polar vortices the plural of?
Polar vortices is the plural of polar vortex.

Words near polar vortices in the dictionary

  1. polar stratospheric cloud
  2. polar stratospheric clouds
  3. polar T3 syndrome
  4. polar vortex
  5. polar vortexes
  6. polar vortices
  7. polar wander
  8. polar willow
  9. polar willows
  10. polar wolf
  11. polar-bear dip

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