Eddy may refer to:
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Eddy (surname) The surname Eddy is used by descendants of a number of English, Irish and Scottish families.
Etymology
Frank R. Holmes, in his ''Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1600-1700'', proposes two possible origins; the Goidelic la ...
, surname used by descendants of a number of English, Irish and Scottish families
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Eddy (given name), male given name
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Eddy (fluid dynamics)
In fluid dynamics, an eddy is the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current (water), current created when the fluid is in a Turbulence, turbulent flow regime. The moving fluid creates a space devoid of downstream-flowing fluid on the downstre ...
, the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid flows past an obstacle
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Eddy current, in electromagnetism, loops of electric current induced within conductors by a changing magnetic field.
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Eddy current brake, a device used to slow or stop a moving object by generating eddy currents and thus dissipating its kinetic energy as heat.
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''Eddy'' (film), a 2015 Italian film
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Eddy & The Soul Band, a 1980s Dutch disco group
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Eddy (Ed, Edd n Eddy), a character on ''Ed, Edd n Eddy''
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Eddy covariance
The eddy covariance (also known as eddy correlation and eddy flux) is a key atmospheric measurement technique to measure and calculate vertical turbulent fluxes within planetary boundary layer, atmospheric boundary layers. The method analyses hig ...
, a statistical method used in meteorology
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Eddy Test
Eddy Test was the common name for a test given throughout World War II and for several years thereafter, to identifying men with the capability and aptitude for being trained in the enlisted ranks as electronics maintenance technicians in the U.S. ...
, administered by the US Navy and Marine Corps during and after World War II
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''Eddy''-class tanker, a former British Royal Fleet Auxiliary class
Places
United States
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Eddy, Alabama, an unincorporated community
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Eddy, Illinois, an unincorporated community
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Eddy, Oklahoma
Eddy is an unincorporated community in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States. It is seven miles southwest of Blackwell.Shirk, George. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. 2nd ed. University of Oklahoma Press: Norman, Oklahoma. 1987, p. 77. The community was ...
, an unincorporated community
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Big Eddy, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
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Eddy County, New Mexico
Eddy County is a List of counties in New Mexico, county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 62,314. Its county seat and largest city is Carlsbad, New Mexico, Carlsbad. T ...
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Eddy County, North Dakota
Eddy County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 2,347. Its county seat is New Rockford, North Dakota, New Rockford. Eddy County is the sma ...
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Mount Eddy, California
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Eddy Creek (Kentucky), a stream
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Eddy Creek (Lackawanna River), a stream in Pennsylvania
Elsewhere
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Eddy Island
Eddy Island is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Situated in the eastern portion of Hudson Bay, it is one of 24 islands that make up the Ottawa Islands.
Other islands in the vicinity include J. Gordon Island, Pa ...
, Nunavut, Canada
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Island Eddy
Island Eddy is a small, depopulated island at the inner, eastern end of Galway Bay, Ireland.
Orthography
The island is always referred to locally as 'Island Eddy' not 'Eddy Island'. The official Irish Government commission on placenames con ...
, in Galway Bay, Ireland
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Eddy Col, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica
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Eddy Point Eddy Point () is a small point located on the south side of Fildes Peninsula, west of Halfthree Point on King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was charted and named by Discovery Investigations
The Discovery Investigations were a ...
, King George Island, Antarctica
See also
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Eddie (disambiguation)
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Edy (disambiguation)
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