| edder | Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together. Origin: AS. Edor hedge, fence; akin to etar. <zoology> An adder or serpent. See: Adder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| eddoes | <botany> The tubers of Colocasia antiquorum. See Taro. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| eddy current | <radiobiology> Electric current induced inside a conductor when the conductor (a) moves through a nonuniform magnetic field, or (b) experiences a change in the magnetic flux through its surface. (09 Oct 1997) |
| eddy sounds | Sound's that punctuate the continuous murmur of patent ductus arteriosus, imparting to it a characteristically "uneven" quality. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eddy-current loss | <radiobiology> Energy loss due to eddy currents circulating in a resistive material. (09 Oct 1997) |