eddy

Example Sentences

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Navigating the galleries, which spill into each other, is akin to being dizzyingly spun from eddy to eddy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

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 study builds upon the foundational Euler equation formulated by Leonhard Euler in 1757 to describe the flow of eddy currents.

From Science Daily • Sep. 29, 2023

Significant contributors to algae growth include nutrients flushed into the ocean by rain and winds that create an eddy effect in the channel and cause upwelling, Berman Kowalewski said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2023

A gull which had been following the ship screeched and flew over, banking on a wind eddy.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen