Definition of "tourbillion" []

• A whirlwind. (noun)
• A vortex, as of a whirlwind or whirlpool. (noun)
• A skyrocket that has a spiral flight. (noun)

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• "Left: Concord Quantum Gravity The craziest watch of the day: a tourbillion that rotates both vertically and horizontally, a power reserve that uses liquid expanding and contracting to indicate levels, and a suspension bridge linking all of it together."
• "No, it isn't a long lost episode of Star Trek, but Ned Kahn's “tourbillion” installation art, a collaboration with architect Uwe Bruckner, for the Duales Systems Pavilion at Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany."
• "We were approached by various collectors from the states; they asked us if we would make a tourbillion for them."