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Eddy Joosen
Eddy may refer to: * Eddy (surname), surname used by descendants of a number of English, Irish and Scottish families * Eddy (given name), male given name * Eddy (fluid dynamics), the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid flows past an obstacle * Eddy current, in electromagnetism, loops of electric current induced within conductors by a changing magnetic field. * Eddy current brake, a device used to slow or stop a moving object by generating eddy currents and thus dissipating its kinetic energy as heat. * Eddy (film), ''Eddy'' (film), a 2015 Italian film * Eddy & The Soul Band, a 1980s Dutch disco group * Eddy (Ed, Edd n Eddy), a character on ''Ed, Edd n Eddy'' * Eddy covariance, a statistical method used in meteorology * Eddy Test, administered by the US Navy and Marine Corps during and after World War II * Eddy-class tanker, ''Eddy''-class tanker, a former British Royal Fleet Auxiliary class Places United States *Eddy, Alabama, an unincorporated commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 Goidelic languages, Gaelic , "instructor", or from the Anglo-Saxon language, Saxon ''ed'' and ''ea'', "backwards" and "water", a whirlpool or Eddy (fluid dynamics), eddy, making the surname Eddy a place-name. Another possible origin is the Saxon root ''ead'', "success" or "prosperity". ''Ead'' occurs in numerous commonly used names, as Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Edwin, and the outdated Edwy. John Eddy of Taunton spells the name Eddway in the earliest record so far found. Eddy could also be a diminutive of any one of these names. Robert Ferguson, in his work on ''English Surnames'', believes that Eddy is a place-name: “Eday, Eady, Eddy are from ead, prosperity. Hence the name of the rock Eddystone Lighthouse, Eddiston, on which the celebrated light hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |