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Look up: Eddy

  1. eddy
    circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind) 
    Found on http://www.graduateshotline.com/list.htm

  2. Eddy
    Eddy is a township in Clearwater County Minnesota, USA Eddy is a township in Eddy County North Dakota, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Eddy
    A current of air, water, or any fluid, forming on the side of the main current, especially one moving in a circle; in extreme cases a whirlpool.
    Found on http://www.csc.noaa.gov/text/glossary.ht

  4. eddy
    A circular movement of water or air that is formed where currents pass obstructions or between two adjacent currents that are flowing counter to each other.
    Found on http://cdiac.ornl.gov/glossary.html

  5. eddy
    [n] - founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) 2. [n] - a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself 3. [v] - flow in a circular current, of liquids
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. Eddy
    The irregular motion of a fluid - in aeronautics, air - when flowing above a certain speed or around an object. In eddy motion the flow moves in irregular swirls.
    Found on http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com/glossary

  7. eddy
    element of fluid, within a turbulent mass of fluid, which has a certain identity and life history of its own. Category: The cosmos • The rotational and quasi-stationary movement of water in a stream. Category: The cosmos • Rotational movement occurring in flowing water. Category: The cosmos
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  8. Eddy
    Ed'dy (ĕd'dȳ) noun ; plural Eddies (-dĭz). [ Prob. from Icelandic iða ; confer Icelandic prefix ið- back, Anglo-Saxon ed- , Old Saxon idug- , Old High German ita- ; Goth. id- .] 1. A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current. 2. A current of water or air moving ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/8

  9. Eddy
    Ed'dy intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Eddied ; present participle & verbal noun Eddying .] To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle. « Eddying round and round they sink.» Wordsworth.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/8

  10. Eddy
    Ed'dy transitive verb To collect as into an eddy. [ R.] « The circling mountains eddy in From the bare wild the dissipated storm.» Thomson.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/8

  11. eddy
    noun a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. Eddy
    Mary Baker Eddy noun founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. eddy
    purl verb flow in a circular current, of liquids
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. Eddy
    • (v. t.) To collect as into an eddy. • (v. i.) To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle. • (n.) A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool. • (n.) A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. Eddy
    (from the article `kite`) ...an interest in meteorology and kite aerial photography, made a significant contribution to kite development in the West by introducing his ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/10

  16. Eddy
    county, southeastern New Mexico, U.S., bordered on the south by Texas. Its western region is in the Sacramento section of the Basin and Range ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/10

  17. eddy
    fluid current whose flow direction differs from that of the general flow; the motion of the whole fluid is the net result of the movements of the ... [5 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/10

  18. Eddy
    Eddy is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Blessed Guardian` Where is it used? The name Eddy is mainly used In English.How do they say it elsewhere? Éamonn ( In Irish) See also In Welsh: Iorwerth In Spanish and In Portuguese: Eduardo In Spanish and In Portuguese: Edmundo In Scottish: Eideard In Scandinavian, Hungarian, Russian and In Slo
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Eddy

  19. Eddy
    A localized chaotic movement of air or liquid in a generally uniform larger flow.
    Found on http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeo

  20. eddy
    1. founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
    2. a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

    Found on

  21. EDDY
    A small disturbance of wind in a large wind flow, which can produce turbulent conditions. They can also be areas of warmer air north of the main westerlies or colder air south of the westerlies. In oceanic circulation, it is a circular movement of water usually formed where currents pass obstructions, between two adjacent currents flowing counter t...
    Found on http://www.weather.com/glossary/e.html


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21 November 2009

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On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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