Look up: eddy

1. eddy
   circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind) 
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2. 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.
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3. 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.
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4. 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
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5. 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.
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6. 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
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7. 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-<...
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8. 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...
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9. 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.
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10. eddy
    noun a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
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11. Eddy
    Mary Baker Eddy noun founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
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12. eddy
    purl verb flow in a circular current, of liquids
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13. 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.
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14. 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 ...
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15. 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 ...
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16. 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]
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17. 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...
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18. Eddy
    [fluid dynamics] In fluid dynamics, an eddy is the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid flows past an obstacle. The moving fluid creates a space devoid of downstream-flowing fluid on the downstream side of the object. Fluid behind the obstacle flows into the voi...
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19. Eddy
    A localized chaotic movement of air or liquid in a generally uniform larger flow.
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20. eddy
    
    • founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
    • a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
    
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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 obstruction...
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22. eddy
    Circular swirling water or air currents.
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23. Eddy
    [surname] The surname Eddy is used by descendants of a number of English, Irish and Scottish families. == Etymology == Frank R. Holmes, in his Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1600-1700, proposes two possible origins; the Gaelic eddee, "instructor", or from the Saxon...
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24. Eddy
    A circular current of water, usually resulting from an obstruction.
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