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Airy may refer to:

  • Sir George Biddell Airy (1801–1892), British Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881, for whom the following features, phenomena, and theories are named:
    • Airy (lunar crater)
    • Airy (Martian crater)
    • Airy-0, a smaller crater within the previous one on Mars, and which defines the prime meridian of the planet
    • Airy wave theory, a linear theory describing the propagation of "gravity waves" on the surface of a fluid
    • Airy disk, a diffraction pattern in optics
    • Airy beam, a non-spreading, transversely accelerating optical wavepacket
    • Airy function, a mathematical function
    • Airy points, support points chosen to minimize the distortion of the length of a physical standard (such as the International Prototype Meter)
  • Anna Airy (1882–1964), British artist
  • Airy, a character in the video game Bravely Default
  • Airy (musician), South Korean indie pop musician

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Airy

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Look up airy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Airy may refer to: Sir George Biddell Airy (1801–1892), British Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881, for...

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George Biddell Airy

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Sir George Biddell Airy KCB FRS (/ˈɛəri/; 27 July 1801 – 2 January 1892) was an English mathematician and astronomer, as well as the Lucasian Professor...

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Airy disk

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In optics, the Airy disk (or Airy disc) and Airy pattern are descriptions of the best-focused spot of light that a perfect lens with a circular aperture...

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Airy function

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sciences, the Airy function (or Airy function of the first kind) Ai(x) is a special function named after the British astronomer George Biddell Airy (1801–1892)...

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Camp Airy

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39°38′40″N 77°25′16″W / 39.64444°N 77.42111°W / 39.64444; -77.42111 Camp Airy is a Jewish sleep away summer camp located in Thurmont, Maryland at the edge...

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Mount Airy

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Mount Airy may refer to: Mount Airy, Georgia Mount Airy, Louisiana Mount Airy, Maryland Mount Airy (Davidsonville, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland...

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Mount Airy Lodge

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The Mount Airy Lodge, built in the 1890s, was a five-star hotel and resort located in Paradise Township near Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. It was closed...

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Airy beam

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An Airy beam, is a propagation invariant wave whose main intensity lobe propagates along a curved parabolic trajectory while being resilient to perturbations...

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Ordnance Survey National Grid

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based on the OSGB36 datum (Ordnance Survey Great Britain 1936, based on the Airy 1830 ellipsoid), and was introduced after the retriangulation of 1936–1962...

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Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw

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Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (7 April 1902 – 1985) was a notable English botanist and classicist. Airy Shaw was born at The Mount, Grange Road, Woodbridge...

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Airy points

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Airy points (after George Biddell Airy) are used for precision measurement (metrology) to support a length standard in such a way as to minimise bending...

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Mount Airy Historic District

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Mount Airy Historic District can refer to: Mount Airy Historic District (Mount Airy, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland Mount Airy Historic District...

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Astrological sign

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In Western astrology, astrological signs are the twelve 30-degree sectors that make up Earth's 360-degree orbit around the Sun. The signs enumerate from...

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Isostasy

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then already been proposed, in 1855, one by George Airy and the other by John Henry Pratt. The Airy hypothesis was later refined by the Finnish geodesist...

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Hubert Airy

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Hubert Airy (June 14, 1838 – June 1, 1903) was an English physician who was the pioneer in the study of a migraine. He was the son of Sir George Airy, Astronomer...

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Mount Airy Plantation

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Mount Airy, near Warsaw in Richmond County, Virginia, is the first neo-Palladian villa mid-Georgian plantation house built in the United States. It was...

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List of things named after George Airy

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Bi(x) Airy points. Airy stress functions Airy transform Airy wave theory. Airy zeta function Airy–Heiskanen model, see "Airy hypothesis". Airy, a crater...

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