# von Kármán vortex street

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A double row of vortices in a fluid sometimes found in the wake of a cylindrical body (such as in a river, downstream of a bridge support), eddies being produced from alternate sides of the body.

## Etymology
After Hungarian physicist Theodore von Kármán.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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