pusaranBahasa Indonesia

twist, vortex, whirl, coil, convolution

Less common #14,737 of the corpus · 3.5 per million words · 15,103 occurrences

From pusar (…-an) · less common, #17,632

Noun

A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

English: coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix

Bahasa: lingkaran, gelung

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A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

English: whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom

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3 more noun senses

The shape of something rotating rapidly

English: whirl, swirl, vortex, convolution

Bahasa: lingkaran, pusar, olakan

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The act of rotating rapidly

English: spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl

Bahasa: putaran, putar, pusingan

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A miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

English: eddy, twist

Bahasa: olak

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