Eddie or Eddy may refer to:
Science and technology
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Eddy (fluid dynamics)
In fluid dynamics, an eddy is the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid is in a turbulent flow regime. The moving fluid creates a space devoid of downstream-flowing fluid on the downstream side of the object. Fluid be ...
, the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid flows past an obstacle
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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 dev ...
, a text editor originally for BeOS and now ported to Linux and Mac OS X
Arts and entertainment
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''Eddie'' (film), a 1996 film about basketball starring Whoopi Goldberg
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''Eddie'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film
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''Eddy'' (film), a 2015 Italian film
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"Eddie" (Louie), a 2011 episode of the show ''Louie''
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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
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, in ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''
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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''
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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
Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing. Members use the post-nominal ...
award for best editing
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Eddie (book series)
The Eddie series ( sv, Eddieserien) is a book series written by Viveca Lärn (earlier Viveca Sundvall) about Eddie, a boy in early primary school. The books were originally published between 1991 and 2001, and make up a spin-off series set in ...
, 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 Turtl ...
*"Eddie", a song from the ''
Rocky Horror Picture Show
''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' is a 1975 Musical film, musical comedy horror film by 20th Century Fox, produced by Lou Adler and Michael White (producer), Michael White and directed by Jim Sharman. The screenplay was written by Sharman an ...
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"Eddie" (song), a 2022 song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Places
United States
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Eddy, Alabama
Eddy is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Hun ...
, an unincorporated community
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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
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Eddy, Indiana Eddy is an unincorporated community in LaGrange County, Indiana, in the United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North Americ ...
, an unincorporated community
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Eddy, Oklahoma
Eddy is an unincorporated community in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States. It is seven miles southwest of Blackwell Blackwell may refer to:
Places
;Canada
* Blackwell, Ontario
;United Kingdom
* Blackwell, County Durham, England
* Blackwell, ...
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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
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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 Tex ...
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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 on t ...
, California
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Eddy Creek (Kentucky)
Eddy Creek is a stream in Caldwell and Lyon counties, Kentucky, United States.
Several watermills
A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical pro ...
, a stream
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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 seri ...
, 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, it is one of 24 islands that make up the Ottawa Islands.
Other islands in the vicinity include J. Gordon Island, Pattee ...
, Nunavut, Canada
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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 con ...
, in Galway Bay, Ireland
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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 th ...
, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica
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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. It was charted and named by Discovery Investigations personnel on the ''Discovery II'' in 1 ...
, King George Island, Antarctica
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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 (1 ...
Other uses
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''Eddy''-class coastal tanker (1953), a former British Royal Fleet Auxiliary class
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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
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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 mag ...
, a phenomenon caused by a moving magnetic field intersecting a conductor or vice versa
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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 scala ...
, a statistical method used in meteorology
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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
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