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Eddy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Eddy? [n] a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself [n] founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) [v] flow in a circular current, of liquids Synonyms \| Synonyms for Eddy: Mary Baker Eddy \| Mary Morse Baker Eddy \| purl \| swirl \| twist \| whirl \| whirlpool Related Terms \| Find terms related to Eddy: ado \| agitation \| back \| back stream \| backflow \| backwash \| backwater \| brouhaha \| bustle \| centrifugate \| centrifuge \| Charybdis \| commotion \| countercurrent \| counterflow \| counterflux \| cyclone \| disturbance \| dizzy round \| dust devil \| ebullience \| ebullition \| effervescence \| embroilment \| feery-fary \| ferment \| fermentation \| flurry \| fume \| gulf \| gurge \| gyre \| hurly-burly \| hurricane \| hurry \| hurry-scurry \| Maelstrom \| pell-mell \| perturbation \| pirouette \| purl \| rat race \| reel \| refluence \| reflux \| regurgitation \| round \| ruffle \| spin \| stir \| surge \| swirl \| swirling \| to-do \| tornado \| tumult \| turbulence \| turmoil \| turn \| twirl \| twister \| typhoon \| uproar \| vortex \| waterspout \| wheel \| whirl \| whirligig \| whirlpool \| whirlwind \| whorl \| yeastiness See Also \| course \| current \| flow \| religionist \| religious person \| run \| stream Eddy In Webster's Dictionary \Ed"dy\, n.; pl. {Eddies}. [Prob. fr. Icel. i?a; cf. Icel. pref. i?- back, AS. ed-, OS. idug-, OHG. 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 in a circular direction; a whirlpool. And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. --Dryden. Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play. --Addison. Note: Used also adjectively; as, eddy winds. --Dryden. \Ed"dy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Eddied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eddying}.] To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle. Eddying round and round they sink. --Wordsworth. \Ed"dy\, v. t. To collect as into an eddy. [R.] The circling mountains eddy in From the bare wild the dissipated storm. --Thomson.

Eddy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Eddy?

[n] a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
[n] founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
[v] flow in a circular current, of liquids

Eddy In Webster's Dictionary

\Ed"dy\, n.; pl. {Eddies}. [Prob. fr. Icel. i?a; cf. Icel.
pref. i?- back, AS. ed-, OS. idug-, OHG. 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 in a circular direction;
   a whirlpool.

         And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. --Dryden.

         Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.
                                               --Addison.

Note: Used also adjectively; as, eddy winds. --Dryden.


\Ed"dy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Eddied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Eddying}.]
To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.

      Eddying round and round they sink.       --Wordsworth.


\Ed"dy\, v. t.
To collect as into an eddy. [R.]

      The circling mountains eddy in From the bare wild the
      dissipated storm.                        --Thomson.

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