eddy
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They can’t recreate every wind puff and ocean eddy, so they divide the world into a 3-D grid and generate myriad variables for each box, from soil temperature to ocean salinity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Temperature data from satellites and buoys revealed a large southbound eddy moving through the region, coupled with 4 days of strong easterly winds, fueled strong upwelling.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 15, 2024
The group of scientists wondered if it was possible to make, and hold, medium-size eddies -- neither one big eddy, nor smaller and smaller ones.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024
Large magnets pull out metals; aluminum is itself magnetized using what’s known as an eddy current to draw it out.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2024
A draft from the open door sent an eddy of air across the bed, and the particles of the angel’s form, loosened by the waning of his strength, swirled upward into randomness and vanished.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 8–13
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