What does "eddington" mean?

A placename; A village in Hungerford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SU3469).

Eddington

Common synonyms include: eddington-inspired, eddington-limited, eddington-ratio related, eddington-related, eddingtonian, family name.

/ˈɛdɪŋtən/ name

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A placename; A village in Hungerford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SU3469). countable, uncountable
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A placename; A neighbourhood developed since 2014 in north-west Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, named after Arthur Eddington (OS grid ref TL4259). countable, uncountable
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A placename; A suburban village next to Herne Bay, Canterbury district, Kent, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TR1767). countable, uncountable
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A placename; A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. countable, uncountable
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A placename; A census-designated place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. countable, uncountable

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A placename; A locality in the Shire of Loddon and the Shire of Mount Alexander, north western Victoria, Australia countable, uncountable
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A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

"In 1920, British astronomer Arthur Eddington proposed that the Sun and other stars are powered by nuclear reactions."

From the Old English personal name Ēada + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).