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eddy
1[ ed-ee ]
noun
- a current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, especially one having a rotary or whirling motion.
- a small whirlpool.
- any similar current, as of air, dust, or fog.
- a current or trend, as of opinion or events, running counter to the main current.
verb (used with or without object)
- to move or whirl in eddies.
Eddy
1/ ˈɛ»åɪ /
noun
- EddyMary Baker18211910FUSRELIGION: religious leaderRELIGION: Christian Scientist Mary Baker. 1821–1910, US religious leader; founder of the Christian Science movement (1866)
eddy
2/ ˈɛ»åɪ /
noun
- a movement in a stream of air, water, or other fluid in which the current doubles back on itself causing a miniature whirlwind or whirlpool
- a deviation from or disturbance in the main trend of thought, life, etc, esp one that is relatively unimportant
verb
- to move or cause to move against the main current
eddy
/ Ä•»å′ŧ /
- A current, as of water or air, moving in a direction that is different from that of the main current. Eddies generally involve circular motion; unstable patterns of eddies are often called turbulence .
- See also vortex
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ü²Ô·±ð»åd¾±±ð»å adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·±ð»åd²â·¾±²Ô²µ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of eddy1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of eddy1
Example Sentences
The process, Hauptman said, has made him feel like “an eddy in a river.â€
Understanding how fish swim in eddies could also aid in habitat restoration, the team says, helping conservationists engineer more efficient fish passages through dams.
All around him the wind swirled and eddied, spinning snow into whirlwinds of wintery blankness.
They found that as the Weddell Sea current flowed around Maud Rise, the turbulent eddies moved salt onto the top of the sea mount.
In the case of the Agulhas Current, researchers in 2016 reported that since the 1990s its flow had grown broader and was more likely to create potent eddies.
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