Eddy (redirected from eddies)

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

Noun

pl -dies

a circular movement of air, water, or smoke

Verb

[-dies, -dying, -died]

to move with a gentle circular motion; swirl gently [probably from Old Norse]

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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 1. swirl, whirlpool, vortex, undertow, tideway, counter-current, counterflow

verb 2. swirl, turn, roll, spin, twist, surge, revolve, whirl, billow

Translations

eddy [ˈɛdɪ] n → remolino

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eddy [ˈɛdɪ] n → tourbillon m

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eddy [ˈɛdɪ] n → Strudel m

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eddy [ˈɛdɪ] n → mulinello

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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 pyörre tourbillon מְעַרבּוֹלֶת भंवर vir, vrtlog örvény pusaran hringiða, svelgur gorgo, mulinello 渦巻き 소용돌이, 회오리바람 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 pyöriä tourbillonner לְהִתערבֵּל चक्कर खाना vrtjeti se örvénylik berputar-putar hvirfla(st); mynda hringiðu turbinare 渦巻く 소용돌이치다; 회오리치게 하다 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