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Science and technology

* Eddy (fluid dynamics), the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid flows past an obstacle *
Eddie (text editor) Eddie is a text editor which was first released in 1997 for BeOS, and later ported to Linux and macOS. It was written by Pavel Císler, formerly a senior developer at Be, who later worked for Eazel and currently works for Apple and continues to de ...
, a text editor originally for BeOS and now ported to Linux and Mac OS X


Arts and entertainment

* ''Eddie'' (film), a 1996 film about basketball starring Whoopi Goldberg ** ''Eddie'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film * ''Eddy'' (film), a 2015 Italian film * "Eddie" (Louie), a 2011 episode of the show ''Louie'' *
Eddie (shipboard computer) This page is a list of characters in ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', by Douglas Adams. The descriptions of the characters are accompanied by information on details about appearances and references to the characters. Main characters ...
, in ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' *
Eddy (Ed, Edd n Eddy) '' Ed, Edd n Eddy'' is a Canadian animated comedy television series created by Danny Antonucci for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. The series revolves around three friends named Ed, Edd (called "Double D" ...
, a character on ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' *
Eddie (mascot) Eddie (also known as Eddie the Head) is the mascot for the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. He is a perennial fixture of the group's artwork, appearing in all of their album covers (as well as most of their singles) and in their merchandise ...
, the mascot for the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden *Eddie, an American Cinema Editors award for best editing *
Eddie (book series) The Eddie series ( sv, Eddieserien) is a book series written by Viveca Lärn (earlier Viveca Sundvall) about Eddie, a boy in education in Sweden, early primary school. The books were originally published between 1991 and 2001, and make up a spin ...
, a book series by Viveca Lärn *Half of the musical duo
Flo & Eddie Flo & Eddie is a comedy rock duo consisting of Mark Volman (Flo, short for Phlorescent Leech) and Howard Kaylan (Eddie). The two were the original founding members of the Top 40 mid-to late 1960s rock and pop group The Turtles. After the Turt ...
*"Eddie", a song from the ''
Rocky Horror Picture Show ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' is a 1975 musical comedy horror film by 20th Century Fox, produced by Lou Adler and Michael White and directed by Jim Sharman. The screenplay was written by Sharman and actor Richard O'Brien, who is also a ...
'' * "Eddie" (song), a 2022 song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers


Places


United States

* Eddy, Alabama, an unincorporated community *
Eddy, Illinois Eddy is an unincorporated community in Lake County, in the U.S. state of Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section ...
, an unincorporated community * Eddy, Indiana, an unincorporated community *
Eddy, Oklahoma Eddy is an unincorporated community in Kay County, Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the ...
, an unincorporated community *
Big Eddy, Kentucky Big Eddy is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Franklin County, Kentucky, Franklin County, Kentucky, United States. References

Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Ken ...
, an unincorporated community *
Eddy County, New Mexico Eddy County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 53,829. Its county seat and largest city is Carlsbad. The county was created in 1891 and later organized in 1892. It is north of the Te ...
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Eddy County, North Dakota Eddy County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,347. Its county seat is New Rockford. History The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on March 31, 1885, with territory partiti ...
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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

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Eddy Island Eddy Island is an uninhabited island in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Situated in the eastern portion of Hudson Bay Hudson Bay ( crj, text=ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, translit=Wînipekw; crl, text=ᐐᓂᐹᒄ, translit=Wînipâkw; iu, text=ᑲ ...
, 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 co ...
, in Galway Bay, Ireland *
Eddy Col Eddy Col () is a steep-sided rocky col between Mount Taylor and Blade Ridge, southwest of the head of Hope Bay on Trinity Peninsula. It was surveyed in 1955 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is ...
, 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 The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area ...
, King George Island, Antarctica *
Eddie (crater) Eddie is a crater in the Elysium quadrangle of Mars. It is 89 km in diameter and was named after Lindsay Eddie, a South African astronomer (1845–1913). Impact craters generally have a rim with ejecta around them, in contrast volcanic cra ...
, a crater on Mars


People

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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 Gaelic , "i ...
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Eddie (given name) Eddie or Eddy is a diminutive for given names such as Edward, Edmund, Edgar, Edison, Edsel, Edwin, Eduardo or Edmundo. It is also occasionally used as a given name on its own. Notable people known as Eddie or Eddy include: Sports * Eddie Aikau ...


Other uses

* ''Eddy''-class coastal tanker (1953), a former British Royal Fleet Auxiliary class *
The Eddie "The Eddie" is a big wave surfing tournament held at Waimea Bay on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii. The tournament is named for native Hawaiian, champion big wave surfer, and life-saving Waimea Bay lifeguard, Eddie Aikau. Created in 1984 at nearb ...
or Quiksilver Big Wave Invitational in Memory of Eddie Aikau, a surfing tournament


See also

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Eddy current Eddy currents (also called Foucault's currents) are loops of electrical current induced within conductors by a changing magnetic field in the conductor according to Faraday's law of induction or by the relative motion of a conductor in a magnet ...
, a phenomenon caused by a moving magnetic field intersecting a conductor or vice versa *
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 atmospheric boundary layers. The method analyses high-frequency wind and scal ...
, 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 {{disambiguation, geo