Eddy (redirected from Eddy, Mary Baker)

Ed·dy  (d), Mary (Morse) Baker 1821-1910. American religious leader who founded Christian Science (1879), the tenets of which she explained in Science and Health (1875). She also founded the Christian Science Monitor (1908), a daily newspaper.

Mary Baker Eddy

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ed·dy  (d)

n. pl. ed·dies

1. A current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, especially in a circular motion.

2. A drift or tendency that is counter to or separate from a main current, as of opinion, tradition, or history.

v. ed·died, ed·dy·ing, ed·dies

v.intr.

To move in or as if in an eddy. See Synonyms at turn.

v.tr.

To cause to move in or as if in an eddy.

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[Middle English ydy, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse idha.]

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eddy [ˈɛdɪ]

n pl -dies

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) 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

2. a deviation from or disturbance in the main trend of thought, life, etc., esp one that is relatively unimportant

vb -dies, -dying, -died

to move or cause to move against the main current

[probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse itha; related to Old English ed- again, back, Old High German it-]

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Eddy [ˈɛdɪ]

n

(Biographies / Eddy, Mary Baker (1821-1910) F, US, RELIGION: religious leader, RELIGION: Christian Scientist) Mary Baker. 1821-1910, US religious leader; founder of the Christian Science movement (1866)

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eddy  (d)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Eddy - founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy
	2.	eddy - a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself twist current, stream - a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"
Verb	1.	eddy - flow in a circular current, of liquids purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

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eddy

noun

swirl, whirlpool, vortex, undertow, tideway, counter-current, counterflow the swirling eddies of the fast-flowing river

verb

swirl, turn, roll, spin, twist, surge, revolve, whirl, billow The dust whirled and eddied in the sunlight.

Translations

eddy [ˈedɪ]

A. N → remolino m

B. VI [water] → hacer remolinos, arremolinarse

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eddy [ˈɛdi] n → tourbillon m

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eddy

n → Wirbel m; (of water also) → Strudel m; the wind swept up eddies of dust → der Wind wirbelte Staubwolken auf

vi → wirbeln; (water also) → strudeln

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eddy [ˈɛdɪ]

1. vi (water) → far mulinelli; (wind, air) → turbinare

2. n (of water) → mulinello, gorgo; (of wind, air) → turbine m

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eddy

n eddy [ˈedi]

a current of water or air running back against the main stream or current. draaikolk, maling دَوّامَه، تَيّار عَكْسي обратно движение vír hvirvelstrøm; hvirvelvind der Wirbel μικρή δίνη remolino keeris گرداب؛ گردباد vesipyörre tourbillon מְעַרבּוֹלֶת भंवर vir, vrtlog örvény pusaran hringiða, svelgur gorgo, mulinello 渦巻き 소용돌이 sūkurys, verpetas virpulis; mutulis olak werveling bakevje, virvel wir remoinho vârtej водоворот;вихрь vír vrtinec kovitlac virvel น้ำวน girdap, anafor 渦流 вир; вихор گرداب ، بھنوری xoáy nước; gió lốc 涡流

v

to move round and round The water eddied round the pier; The crowds eddied to and fro in the square. ronddraai, dwarrel, maal يُدَوِّم، يَدور بِشَكْل دَوّامَه въртя се vířit hvirvle; snurre rundt wirbeln στροβιλίζομαι arremolinarse keerlema حلقه وار حرکت کردن؛ چرخیدن kieppua tourbillonner לְהִתערבֵּל चक्कर खाना vrtjeti se örvénylik berputar-putar hvirfla(st); mynda hringiðu turbinare 渦巻く 소용돌이치다 sūkuriuoti, verpetuoti virpuļot; mutuļot berolak wervelen virvle/male rundt wirować remoinhar a se învolbura, a se agita крутиться víriť vrtinčiti se kovitlati se virvla, kretsa หมุนไปรอบ ๆ fır dönmek, çerçevesinde dönüp durmak 使旋轉 крутитися, вирувати چکّر کھانا làm xoáy lốc 使旋转