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11Barkhausen effect — The Barkhausen effect is a name given to the noise in the magnetic output of a ferromagnet when the magnetizing force applied to it is changed. Discovered by German physicist Heinrich Barkhausen in 1919, it is caused by rapid changes of size of… …
12Ground effect in cars — For another similarly named effect relating to aircraft, see Ground effect in aircraft. Ground effect is term applied to a series of aerodynamic effects used in car design, which has been exploited to create downforce, particularly in racing cars …
13Ting Hai effect — Traditional Chinese 丁蟹效應 Simplified Chinese 丁蟹效应 Transcripti …
14wealth effect — (WELTH uh.fekt; TH as in thin) n. An increase in consumer spending based on the perceived wealth created by the escalating value of stock market portfolios. Example Citation: Big portfolio gains by investors in recent years have created what… …
15Hundredth Monkey Effect — The “Hundredth Monkey Effect” is a supposed phenomenon in which a learned behaviour spreads instantaneously from one group of monkeys to all related monkeys once a critical number is reached. By generalisation it means the instant, paranormal… …
16Barkhausen effect — /bahrk how zeuhn, bahr kow /, Physics. the phenomenon of short, sudden changes in the magnetism of a ferromagnetic substance occurring when the intensity of the magnetizing field is continuously altered. [1955 60; named after H. Barkhausen (1881… …
17Assiti Shards effect — In literature, an Assiti Shards event, Assiti Shards accident, a strike by an Assiti shard , or a Ring of Fire , is a plot device in which a large piece of land and everything on it is transported through time. This effect can be considered to be …
18Eureka effect — A eureka effect (Greek: heurēka , I have found ) is any sudden unexpected discovery, or the sudden realization of the solution to a problem, resulting in a eureka moment (the moment of unexpected discovery). [ [http://www.allwords.com/word… …
19of a sudden — adverb happening unexpectedly (Freq. 7) suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her side • Syn: ↑suddenly, ↑all of a sudden * * * adverb or on a sudden also …
20avalanche effect — ▪ physics in physics, a sudden increase in the flow of an electrical current (electric current) through a nonconducting or semiconducting solid when a sufficiently strong electrical force is applied. The ability of most nonmetallic solids… …
