Eddy may refer to: *

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 * Eddy (given name), male given name *

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 * Eddy current, in electromagnetism, loops of electric current induced within conductors by a changing magnetic field. *

Eddy current brake An eddy current brake, also known as an induction brake, Faraday brake, electric brake or electric retarder, is a device used to slow or stop a moving object by generating eddy currents and thus dissipating its kinetic energy as heat. Unlike fr ...

, a device used to slow or stop a moving object by generating eddy currents and thus dissipating its kinetic energy as heat. * ''Eddy'' (film), a 2015 Italian film * Eddy & The Soul Band, a 1980s Dutch disco group *

Eddy (Ed, Edd n Eddy) '' Ed, Edd n Eddy'' is an animated television series created by Danny Antonucci for Cartoon Network. The series revolves around three friends named Ed, Edd (nicknamed "Double D" to avoid confusion with Ed), and Eddy—collectively known as "th ...

, a character on ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' *

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 *

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 * ''Eddy''-class tanker, a former British Royal Fleet Auxiliary class

Places

United States

* Eddy, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Eddy, Illinois, an unincorporated community *

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 *

Big Eddy, Kentucky Big Eddy is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. ...

, an unincorporated community *

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 ...

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 ...

Mount Eddy Mount Eddy is the highest peak of the Trinity Mountains, a mountain range of the Klamath Mountains System, located in Siskiyou County, and Trinity County in northern California. The mountain is in the Mount Eddy RNA, a Research Natural Area ...

, California *

Eddy Creek (Kentucky) Eddy Creek is a stream in Caldwell and Lyon counties, Kentucky, United States. Several watermills were built on Eddy Creek in the 19th century. See also *List of rivers of Kentucky List of rivers in Kentucky (U.S. state). By drainage basin T ...

, a stream *

Eddy Creek (Lackawanna River) Eddy Creek is a tributary of the Lackawanna River in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Olyphant and Throop. The watershed of the creek has an area of . The creek experiences se ...

, a stream in Pennsylvania

Elsewhere

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 *

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 *

Eddy Col Hope Bay (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Bahía Esperanza'') () is a bay long and wide, indenting the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and opening on Antarctic Sound. Location Hope Bay is in Graham Land on the north coast of the Trinity Peninsu ...

, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica *

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