whirlpool

whirlpool
noun Date: 1529 1. a. a confused tumult and bustle ; whirl b. a magnetic or impelling force by which something may be engulfed <
refusing to be drawn into this whirlpool of intrigue — A. D. White
> 2. a. water moving rapidly in a circle so as to produce a depression in the center into which floating objects may be drawn ; eddy, vortex b. whirlpool bath

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Whirlpool — Whirlpool …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

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  • Whirlpool — хеш алгоритм, авторы Vincent Rijmen и Paulo S. L. M. Barreto. Работает на вводе до 2256 бит. Выходное значение алгоритма хеширования Whirlpool составляет 512 бит. Первая версия Whirlpool была опубликована в ноябре 2000 го года. Вторая версия… …   Википедия

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  • whirlpool — [hwʉrl′po͞ol΄, wʉrl′po͞ol΄] n. 1. water in rapid, violent, whirling motion caused by two meeting currents, by winds meeting tides, etc. and tending to form a circle into which floating objects are drawn; vortex or eddy of water 2. anything like a …   English World dictionary

  • whirlpool — ► NOUN 1) a quickly rotating mass of water in a river or sea into which objects may be drawn. 2) (also whirlpool bath) a heated pool in which hot aerated water is continuously circulated …   English terms dictionary

  • Whirlpool — Whirl pool , n. [1913 Webster] 1. An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • WHIRLPOOL — es una función de hash diseñada por Vincent Rijmen y Paulo S. L. M. Barreto. El hash ha sido recomendado por el proyecto NESSIE y ha sido adoptado por la Organización Internacional de Estandarización (ISO) y la Comisión Electrotécnica… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • whirlpool — 1520s, from WHIRL (Cf. whirl) (v.) + POOL (Cf. pool) (1). O.E. had hwyrfepol and wirfelmere …   Etymology dictionary

  • whirlpool — *eddy, maelstrom, vortex …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • whirlpool — [n] spinning water eddy, maelstrom, stir, undercurrent, undertow, vortex, whirl; concept 514 …   New thesaurus

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