transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhwər(-ə)l-ˌpül, ˈwər(-ə)l- ]
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