| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To circulate, gyrate, turn, roll or twirl.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To whirl or swirl. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To circle or orbit.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb eddy.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (eddy) | 1. Flow in a circular current, of liquids.[Wordnet]. 2. To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.[Websters]. 3. To collect as into an eddy.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: eddying, eddied, eddies, eddier, eddiers, eddyingly and eddiedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "EDDYING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Specialty Definition: eddy
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] A current of water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main stream. Thus a point of land extending into a river, checks the water near the shore,and turns it back or gives it a circular course. The word is applied also to the air or wind moving in a circular direction.. | 2: [Noun] A whirlpool; a current of water or air in a circular direction. And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.. | 3: [Verb] To move circularly, or as an eddy.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Administration | 1: A current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, especially in a circular motion. (references) | 2: Circular current of water moving against the main current. See recirculation zone. (references) | |
| Aerospace | 1: A rotating water current that runs contrary to the main current. Eddies can average up to a few hundred kilometers in diameter, contain up to 5,000 cubic kilometers of water, and last several years. They can be cyclonic or anticyclonic, and their rotation is determined by the Coriolis force. (See also gyre). (references) | 2: In a fluid, any circulation drawing its energy from a flow of much larger scale and brought about by pressure irregularities. (references) | |
| Biographical Satire | EDDY, Mrs., of Boston, Mass., U. S. A., a lady who made millions by telling the world there was no such thing as the toothache, sea-sickness, or hitting your thumb with a hammer. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. | ||
| Energy | 1: A current running contrary to the main current, causing water turbulence, e.g., below the bridge pier where a swift current is passing through, or below a bar or point. (references) | 2: Swirling air currents that varies from the main air current. (references) | |
| Forestry | A circular current of water - these can be quite strong and swimmers should be careful when swimming around them. (references) | ||
| Geography | Element of fluid, within a turbulent mass of fluid, which has a certain identity and life history of its own. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Mining | A circular movement of water. Eddies may be formed where currents pass obstructions or between two adjacent currents flowing counter to eachother. (references) | ||
| Physics | 1: Rotational movement occurring in flowing water. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: The rotational and quasi-stationary movement of water in a stream. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Water | A current of fluid moving contrary to the direction of the main current, especially in a circular motion. A whirlpool. (references) | ||
| Weather | 1: 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. (references) | 2: A small rotating area of water. (references) | |
| Wikipedic | 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 water on the downstream side of the object. Fluid behind the obstacle flows into the void creating a swirl of fluid on each edge of the obstacle, followed by a short reverse flow of fluid behind the obstacle flowing upstream, toward the back of the obstacle. This phenomenon is most visible behind large emergent rocks in swift-flowing rivers. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current. (references) | 2: [Proper noun] A male given name, diminutive of Edward. (references) | |
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Common Expressions: eddy
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Adventure eddy | Adventure Eddy is a fictional character created by author Roland William Hulme. (references) | ||
| E.B. Eddy Company | The E.B. Eddy Company was originally incorporated in 1886 as The E. B. Eddy Manufacturing Company with Ezra Butler Eddy as its president. Eddy had begun business in 1854 making and selling wooden matches out of his home in Hull, Quebec. The company expanded into pulp and paper. In 1891, it was renamed to the E.B. Eddy Company. (references) | ||
| Edd (Ed, Edd, n Eddy | Eddward Maryann "Edd" Smartboy II is a fictional character from Ed, Edd, n Eddy. "Double D" as he is called by everyone else, has the highest intellecuality on the show. Double D is extremely delicate, having to have shaking lower extremities, insufferable need for headwear, and a poor chance of lasting in a fight. Even though he's 14, he wears a size 5 shoe (however he really has a foot big enough to fit size 2). His suitable birthday is February 11, 1991. Edd's parents leave him sticky notes carrying messages to do numbers of chores. He is a germaphobe, and much to his dismay, his friend, Ed, has 0% personal hygiene. He is the only 'Ed' who is an only child. (references) | ||
| Eddy Arboretum | The Eddy Arboretum at the Institute of Forest Genetics in Placerville, California, USA contains what is claimed to be the best-documented collection of pines in the world, in addition to many other native and exotic conifers. It is part of the Pacific Southwest Research Station of the United States Forest Service, and open to the public during business hours, excluding weekends and holidays. (references) | ||
| Eddy Brothers | The Eddy Brothers were two brothers who lived in the 1800s, who claimed psychic powers. (references) | ||
| Eddy current | An eddy current is a phenomenon caused by a moving magnetic field intersecting a conductor or vice-versa. The relative motion causes a circulating flow of electrons or current within the conductor. These circulating eddies of current create electromagnets with magnetic fields that oppose the change in the external magnetic field (see Lenz's law). The stronger the magnetic field, or greater the electrical conductivity of the conductor, the greater the currents developed and the greater the opposing force. This is used to great effect in movement to electricity converters such as electrical generators and dynamic microphones. Friction within the conductor, or resistance, cause a dragging effect that has been used for braking and damping. Superconductors allow perfect, lossless conduction which creates eddy currents that entirely cancel the external magnetic field, allowing magnetic levitation. Eddy currents are also the root cause of skin effect in conductors carrying AC current. (references) | ||
| Eddy Curry | Eddy Curry (born December 5, 1982 in Calumet City, Illinois) is a professional basketball player in the NBA currently with the New York Knicks. (references) | ||
| Eddy De Lépine | Eddy De Lépine (born March 30, 1984 in Fort-de-France) is a French sprinter. Together with Ladji Doucouré, Ronald Pognon, and Lueyi Dovy, he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. (references) | ||
| Eddy Díaz | Eddy Javier Díaz, born September 29, 1971 in Barquisimeto, Lara State, Venezuela, is a second baseman and right-handed batter who played in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1997. (references) | ||
| Eddy Duchin | Edwin Frank "Eddy" Duchin (April 1, 1909 - February 9, 1951) was an American popular pianist and bandleader. (references) | ||
| Eddy Gordo | Eduardo "Eddy" Gordo is a video game character in the Tekken series. (references) | ||
| Eddy Grant | Eddy Grant, born 5 March 1948, is a Guyana-born musician. (references) | ||
| Eddy Match Company | The Eddy Match Company is a Canadian company whose main product was originally wooden matches. (references) | ||
| Eddy Merckx | Belgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1945). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Eddy Morrison | Eddy Morrison is a leading political figure on the far right in Britain, who has been involved in a number of movements throughout his career. (references) | ||
| Eddy Rodríguez | Eddy Rodriguez is a starting pitcher who currently plays with the Baltimore Orioles. (references) | ||
| Eddy Shah | Eddy Shah (also Eddie Shah) is a Manchester-based businessman, the founder of the then technologically-advanced UK newspaper Today, and current owner of the Messenger Group. He is also the author of several novels: The Lucy Ghosts (1991), Ring of Red Roses (1992), Manchester Blue (1993), and Fallen Angels (1994). (references) | ||
| Eddy Wauters | Mr. Eddy Wauters is the Chairman of Royal Antwerp Football Club. He was formerly a player at the club and played for the Belgian national team. Mr. Wauters had a long career in banking and was the Chairman of Kredietbank (now KBC Bank). (references) | ||
| Ezra Butler Eddy | Ezra Butler Eddy (August 22 1827 - February 10 1906) was a Canadian businessman and political figure. (references) | ||
| Fannyann Eddy | Fannyann Eddy (1974 - 2004) was a groundbreaking activist for lesbian and gay rights in her native Sierra Leone and throughout Africa. She founded Sierra Leone's first Lesbian and Gay Association and she traveled widely, addressing the United Nations and other international groups. (references) | ||
| J.W. Eddy | Colonel J.W. Eddy was the builder of Angels Flight Funicular Railroad in Los Angeles, California. (references) | ||
| Jack Eddy | Jack Eddy (1932 - ) is an American astronomer. He did a study in 1976 demonstrating that irregular variations in solar surface activity, a few centuries long, were connected with major climate shifts. It was at this time that he coined the term Maunder Minimum, for the dearth of sunspots seen between 1645 and 1715. (references) | ||
| Large eddy simulation | Large eddy simulation (LES) is a numerical technique used to solve the partial differential equations governing turbulent fluid flow. (references) | ||
| Manton S. Eddy | Manton Sprague Eddy (1892-1962) was a lieutenant general of the United States Army. (references) | ||
| Mary Baker Eddy | Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Mary Morse Baker Eddy | Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Ronald Eddy | Ronald Eddy is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1992 to 1995. (references) | ||
| Sherwood Eddy | Sherwood Eddy (1871- ) was an American author, born at Leavenworth, Kansas. As a national secretary of the Y.M.C.A., he worked in an honorary capacity among students in Japan, Korea, China, India, the Near East, and Russia. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: EDDYING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Blade tip eddying | Transportation | Circulation of air in rotational motion (also called eddy) around the end of the propeller aerofoil. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Eddying flow | Physics | In turbulent flow, rate of transport of air-mass properties effected by eddies. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: eddy
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| eddy | English | Eddy current testing | Physics | |
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