quantized vortex

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quantized vortex (plural quantized vortexes or quantized vortices)

  1. (physics) a flow pattern exhibited by superfluids, such as 4He below 2.17K, in which the circulation rate is restricted to a quantized multiple of Planck's constant divided by the mass of the He atom