Eddy vs Turbulence - What's the difference?
eddy | turbulence |
A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
A circular current; a whirlpool.
* Dryden
* Addison
To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
* Wordsworth
(uncountable) The state or fact of being turbulent or agitated; tempestuousness, disturbance.
(uncountable) Disturbance in a gas or fluid, characterized by evidence of internal motion or unrest.
(uncountable) Specifically, a state of agitation or disturbance in the air which is disruptive to an aircraft.
An instance or type of such state or disturbance.
As a proper noun eddy
is a diminutive of edward, edgar, edwin, or other male given names beginning with ed-.As a noun turbulence is
(uncountable) the state or fact of being turbulent or agitated; tempestuousness, disturbance.eddy
English
Noun
(eddies)- And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.
- Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.
See also
* countercurrent * dust devilVerb
- Eddying round and round they sink.