Eddy
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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), 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, a former British Royal Fleet Auxiliary class
