EDDY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of eddy in English

(Definition of eddy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of eddy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of eddy

eddy
Inside these large eddies are shorter time-scale, high frequency eddies that might span a few kilometers.
From Phys.Org
He pulled into a little eddy, still amped up on endorphins of the run, and pondered going to the next spot down the river.
This subtle shape change was enough to alter the microscopic flows and eddies so as the water evaporated, the silica formed straighter, more uniform microwires.
From Phys.Org
Unfortunately, this kitchen-sink approach leads to plot eddies, recurring characters who define diminishing returns and some eyebrow-raising throwaways.
From NPR
These eddies carry these little living ecosystems with them across the oceans.
From NPR
The researchers theorize that larval fish residing outside of eddies either starve to death or become sufficiently weak that they are more susceptible to predators.
From Phys.Org
In fact, even geographically dispersed wind plants can exhibit correlated fluctuations in power if they fall within the same short and long time-scale eddies.
From Phys.Org
And as noise continues its inexorable advance into the quietest eddies of wilderness, even the rich may find a silent retreat impossible to locate.
It's the combination of winds, currents and eddies that create these carbon-capturing pathways drawing waters down into the deep ocean from the ocean surface.
From Phys.Org
The water is more still in the middle of the eddy.
And in that swirling eddy of emotions, sweet and simple love could be found.
Swirling eddies stand out, looking like benign hurricanes, in the water off many coastlines.
From ABC News
Now, bacteria easily get stirred up by the currents and eddies you create as you walk around.
From WIRED
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Translations of eddy

in Chinese (Traditional)
(水、風、煙等)起漩渦,旋轉…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(水、风、烟等)起漩涡,旋转…
in Spanish
formar remolinos, arremolinarse, remolino…
in Portuguese
formar redemoinhos, remoinhar, redemoinho…
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tourbillon, tourbillonner, tournoyer…
girdap, anafor, fır dönmek…
werveling, wervelen…
vír, vířit…
hvirvelstrøm, hvirvelvind, hvirvle…
pusaran, berputar-putar…
น้ำวน, หมุนไปรอบ ๆ…
xoáy nước, gió lốc, làm xoáy lốc…
wir, wirować…
virvel, virvla, kretsa…
olak, berolak…
der Wirbel, wirbeln…
bakevje, virvel, virvle/male rundt…
вир, вихор, крутитися…
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