THEORY OF VORTICES
\θˈi͡əɹi ɒv vˈɔːtɪsˌiːz], \θˈiəɹi ɒv vˈɔːtɪsˌiːz], \θ_ˈiə_ɹ_i_ ɒ_v v_ˈɔː_t_ɪ_s_ˌiː_z]\
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(Astron.) The hypothesis of Descartes, that the planets are carried round the sun by a vortex of a fine and subtile kind of matter, whose motion keeps up theirs. Though weighted with many difficulties, the theory was once very famous, and almost universally received.
By Henry Percy Smith
