vortex [vortices](anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre) noun [UK: ˈvɔː.teks] [US: ˈvɔːr.teks]Physicists discovered that atoms are made up of vortices of energy that are constantly spinning and vibrating. = Físicos descubrieron que los átomos están constituidos de vórtices de energía que están girando y vibrando constantemente.