Associations to the word «Eddington»

Wiktionary

EDDINGTON, proper noun. A surname​.
EDDINGTON LUMINOSITIES, noun. Plural of Eddington luminosity
EDDINGTON LUMINOSITY, noun. (physics) The maximum luminosity of a source where the continuum radiation force outwards balances the gravitational force inwards in hydrostatic equilibrium.

Dictionary definition

EDDINGTON, noun. English astronomer remembered for his popular elucidation of relativity theory (1882-1944).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats