Eddy Definition

ĕdē
eddied, eddies, eddying
noun
eddies
A current of air, water, etc. moving against the main current and with a circular motion; little whirlpool or whirlwind.
Webster's New World
A drift or tendency that is counter to or separate from a main current, as of opinion, tradition, or history.
American Heritage
A contrary movement or trend, limited in importance or effect.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
eddied, eddies, eddying
To move with a circular motion against the main current; move in an eddy.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun

A diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.

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Other Word Forms of Eddy

Noun

Singular:
eddy
Plural:
eddies

Origin of Eddy

  • From Middle English eddy, from either Old English edēa (< ed- "turning" + ēa "water"), equivalent to ed- +‎ ea; or from Old Norse iða.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English ydy probably of Scandinavian origin Old Norse idha

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Eddy Sentence Examples

  • Hence when a current is passed through the meter, the armature rotates and increases its speed until the driving force is balanced against the retarding force due to the eddy currents in the copper brake disk.

  • Numerical Equations These are based on the diffusion equation in one dimension, where is the eddy viscosity.

  • Observational methods, e.g. eddy correlation techniques to measure turbulent fluxes or measurement of mean profiles to infer turbulent transport.

  • The original calibration and corroboration of the SPA model was against long-term eddy covariance data from the Harvard Forest, Massachusetts.

  • This may represent sediment supplied by cliff erosion being entrained by the westward flowing recirculating eddy (Dyer, 1971 ).

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