critical effect
61Mission Critical (video game) — Mission Critical Developer(s) Legend Entertainment Publisher(s) Legend Entertainment …
62Allee effect — The Allee effect is a phenomenon in biology characterized by a positive correlation between population density and the per capita growth rate.DescriptionThe Allee effect was first written on extensively by its namesake Warder Clyde Allee. The… …
63McClintock effect — The McClintock effect, also known as menstrual synchrony or the dormitory effect, is a theory that proposes that the menstrual cycles of women who live together (such as in prisons, convents, bordellos, or dormitories) tend to become synchronized …
64Pockels effect — The Pockels effect, or Pockels electro optic effect, produces birefringence in an optical medium induced by a constant or varying electric field. It is distinguished from the Kerr effect by the fact that the birefringence is proportional to the… …
65Proximity effect (superconductivity) — Proximity effect is a term used in the field of superconductivity to describe phenomena that occur when a superconductor (S) is placed in contact with a normal (N) non superconductor. Typically the critical temperature T {c} of the superconductor …
66Gibbs-Thomson effect — The Gibbs Thomson effect (also called the Gibbs Kelvin effect or Kelvin effect) relates surface curvature to vapor pressure and chemical potential. It is named after Josiah Willard Gibbs and William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin. (It is not to be… …
67gunn effect — ˈgən noun Usage: usually capitalized G Etymology: after J.B. Gunn b1928 British physicist : the production of rapid fluctuations of current when the voltage applied to a semiconductor device exceeds a critical value with the result that microwave …
68Quantum critical point — A quantum critical point is a special class of continuous phase transition that takes place at the absolute zero of temperature, typically in a material where the phase transition temperature has been driven to zero by the application of a… …
69Lake-effect snow — Lake Effect redirects here. For the American literary journal, see Lake Effect (journal). Lake effect precipitation coming off Lake Erie and into Western New York, as seen by NEXRAD radar, October 12–13, 2006 …
70McGurk effect — The McGurk effect is a perceptual phenomenon which demonstrates an interaction between hearing and vision in speech perception. It is a compelling illusion in which humans perceive mismatched audiovisual speech as a completely different… …
