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George Biddell Airy Sir George Biddell Airy (; 27 July 18012 January 1892) was an English mathematician and astronomer, as well as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics from 1826 to 1828 and the seventh Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. His many achievements inc ...

(1801–1892), British Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881, for whom the following features, phenomena, and theories are named: **

Airy (lunar crater) LRO WAC mosaic Oblique view from Apollo 14 Vicinity of Airy, as viewed from the Bayfordbury Observatory Airy is a lunar impact crater located in the southern highlands. It is named in honour of British astronomer George Biddell Airy ...

Airy (Martian crater) Airy may refer to: * Sir George Biddell Airy (1801–1892), British Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881, for whom the following features, phenomena, and theories are named: ** Airy (lunar crater) ** Airy (Martian crater) ** Airy-0, a smaller crater ...

Airy-0 Airy-0 is a crater inside the larger Airy Crater on Mars, whose location historically defined the Martian prime meridian. It is about 0.5 km (0.3 mile) across and lies within the dark region Sinus Meridiani, one of the early albedo fe ...

, a smaller crater within the previous one on Mars, and which defines the prime meridian of the planet **

Airy wave theory In fluid dynamics, Airy wave theory (often referred to as linear wave theory) gives a linear system, linearised description of the wave propagation, propagation of gravity waves on the surface of a homogeneous fluid layer. The theory assumes that t ...

, a linear theory describing the propagation of "gravity waves" on the surface of a fluid **

Airy disk In optics, the Airy disk (or Airy disc) and Airy pattern are descriptions of the best-focus (optics), focused Point source#Light, spot of light that a perfect lens (optics), lens with a circular aperture can make, limited by the diffraction of ...

, a diffraction pattern in optics **

Airy beam An Airy beam, is a propagation invariant wave whose main intensity lobe propagates along a curved parabolic trajectory while being resilient to perturbations (self-healing). Physical description A cross section of an ideal Airy beam would reveal ...

, a non-spreading, transversely accelerating optical wavepacket **

Airy function In the physical sciences, the Airy function (or Airy function of the first kind) is a special function named after the British astronomer George Biddell Airy (1801–1892). The function Ai(''x'') and the related function Bi(''x''), are Linear in ...

, a mathematical function **

Airy points Airy points (after George Biddell Airy) are used for precision measurement (metrology) to support a length standard in such a way as to minimise bending or drop of a horizontally supported beam. Choice of support points A kinematic support fo ...

, support points chosen to minimize the distortion of the length of a physical standard (such as the International Prototype Meter) *

Anna Airy Anna Airy (6 June 1882 – 23 October 1964) was an English oil painter, pastel artist and etcher. She was one of the first women officially commissioned as a war artist and was recognised as one of the leading women artists of her generation. E ...

(1882–1964), British artist *

Christopher Airy Major General Sir Christopher John Airy, (8 March 1934 – 7 April 2025) was a British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding the London District and Major-General commanding the Household Division from 1986 to 1989. Military ...

(1934–2025), British Army officer * Airy, a character in the video game ''

Bravely Default ''Bravely Default'', known in Japan as ''Bravely Default: Flying Fairy'', is a 2012 role-playing video game developed by Silicon Studio and published by Square Enix for the Nintendo 3DS. It was originally released in 2012 and later rereleased ...

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Airy (musician) Airy () is a South Korean indie pop musician. She has released her album, Seeds (2018). Career Airy made her debut in 2018 on EP Seeds. Music Y described her as "The birth of a rookie with a very large seed" and ranked her at first place in 201 ...

, South Korean indie pop musician

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