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I ['edɪ]nome gorgo m., vortice m.II ['edɪ]verbo intransitivo [ water] muoversi vorticosamente; [smoke, crowd] turbinare* * *['edi] 1. plural - eddies; noun(a current of water or air running back against the main stream or current.) gorgo, mulinello2. verb(to move round and round: The water eddied round the pier; The crowds eddied to and fro in the square.) turbinare* * *['ɛdɪ]1. vi(water) far mulinelli, (wind, air) turbinare2. n(of water) mulinello, gorgo, (of wind, air) turbine m* * *eddy /ˈɛdɪ/n.gorgo; mulinello; risucchio; spira; turbine; vortice: in an eddy of dust, in un turbine di polvere; eddies of mist, spire di nebbia; the eddies of a river, i gorghi di un fiume● eddy current, corrente vorticosa; (elettr.) corrente parassita.(to) eddy /ˈɛdɪ/v. i.mulinare; turbinare; girare vorticosamente.* * *I ['edɪ]nome gorgo m., vortice m.II ['edɪ]verbo intransitivo [ water] muoversi vorticosamente; [smoke, crowd] turbinare
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