Vortex (disambiguation)

A vortex is a dynamic phenomenon of fluids.

Vortex may also refer to:

In roller coasters:

• Vortex (California's Great America), a stand-up roller coaster at California's Great America in Santa Clara, California, United States
• Vortex (Canada's Wonderland), a suspended roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
• Vortex (Carowinds), a stand-up roller coaster at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
• Vortex (Kings Island), a steel roller coaster at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, United States

In fiction:

• Cindy Vortex, a fictional character in the Jimmy Neutron franchise
• Time vortex (Doctor Who), the space-time vortex in the Doctor Who television series
• Vortex (film), a 1967 Greek film
• The Vortex (novel), a 1924 novel by Colombian author José Eustasio Rivera
• Vortex (novel), a 1991 war novel by Larry Bond and Patrick Larkin
• Vortex (Transformers), a member of the Combaticons from Transformers who transforms into a helicopter
• The Vortex, a play by Noël Coward
• The Vortex (film), a 1927 film
• Vortex (2011 novel), a science fiction novel by Robert Charles Wilson, the sequel to Axis.
• Vortex, a 1982 No Wave film written and directed by Scott B and Beth B

In gaming:

• Vortex (video game), a game developed by Argonaut Software for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
• Vortex (PC game), a game developed by the X-Files development crew
• Vortex (iPod game), an iPod game developed by Apple Computer
• Vortex Software, a defunct video game developer
• The Vortex, the main antagonists in the 1992 video game Ecco the Dolphin

In music:

• ICS Vortex, a Norwegian metal singer and bassist
• Vortex (album), a remix album by Collide
• Vortex I: A Biodegradable Festival of Life, a state sponsored music festival held in 1970 in Estacada, Oregon
• Vortex Jazz Club, a London venue

In physics

• Vorticity, a mathematical concept used in fluid dynamics
• Vortex theory, one of the mechanical explanations of gravitation and part of the history of knot theory
• Quantum vortex, a topological defect exhibited in superfluids and superconductors

In technology:

• Vortex Balanceertechniek BV, a leading mechanical balancing centre in The Netherlands
• Aureal Vortex, the PC audio accelerator chipset which powered such sound cards as the Monster Sound MX300
• Vortex (satellite), a class of United States Reconnaissance satellites
• Caltex Vortex, a brand of 95 and 98 octane unleaded fuels from Caltex
• Vortex mixer, a laboratory device used to mix vials of liquid
• Vortex86, a x86 compatible System-on-a-chip CPU

In television:

• Vortex (DS9 episode), a first-season episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Vortex (Smallville episode), the first episode in Season 2 of Smallville
• Vortex (YTV), an anime programming block produced by YTV and hosted by Paula Lemyre

In other fields:

• Subaru Vortex, a sporty coupe sold from 1985 to 1991 by Subaru
• VORTEX projects, Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment
• Vortex football, a throwable football now sold under the Nerf brand

See also

• Cyclonic vortex (disambiguation), a meteorological phenomenon