Eddy

1 founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) [syn: Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy]

2 a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself [syn: twist] v : flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl]

see Eddy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛdi

Noun

1. A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.

Translations

• CJKV Characters: 漩

See also

• dust devil

Eddie or Eddy may refer to:

In music:

• Eddie From Ohio, an American folk band
• A Girl Called Eddy, American singer
• Eddie & the Hot Rods
• Eddie the Head, the Mascot for the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden

In fiction:

• Eddie, minor character from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Eddy, a fictional character from the cartoon Ed, Edd n Eddy
• Eddie, character from the Guilty Gear video game series
• Eddie, character from The Simpsons
• Eddie (film), a motion picture starring Whoopi Goldberg
• Eddie, The pet dog of Martin Crane in the sitcom Frasier.
• Eddie Dean, one of the main characters in Stephen King's Dark Tower series.
• Eddie LeBec, a character on the television show Cheers.
• Eddie Pulaski, a fictional crooked police officer in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
• Eddy (Salamander anime) one of the main protagonist who pilots the Vic Viper and is later killed by Zelos.

Other:

• Eddie Guerrero, a deceased American professional wrestler
• Eddie Murphy, an American comedian and actor
• Eddy (fluid dynamics), a concept in fluid dynamics
• Eddy current, a phenomenon caused by a moving magnetic field intersecting a conductor or vice-versa
• Eddy, an award given by the Macworld computer magazine to software made for the Mac OS X operating system
• Nickname of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence
• Eddie, a text editor originally for BeOS and now ported to Linux and Mac OS X
• Eddy covariance, a statistical method used in meteorology.

People with the surname Eddie or Eddy:

• Duane Eddy, a guitarist
• Mary Baker Eddy, the American founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist church (often referred to as Christian Scientist)
• Fannyann Eddy, lesbian human rights defender, Sierra Leone

People with the given name Eddie or Eddy:

• Eddie (given name)

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