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swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid is in a turbulent flow regime
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Paul Scully-Power · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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eddy

Summary

eddy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,215 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • eddy is a type of vortex[2].
  • eddy is a type of watercourse[3].
  • eddy's Commons category is recorded as Eddies[4].
  • eddy's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[5].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include vortex[2] and watercourse[3].

Why It Matters

eddy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,215 views/month).[1] eddy has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] eddy is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). eddy. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/eddy
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_eddy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{eddy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/eddy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Fluid dynamics
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → vortex, watercourse
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007531256505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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