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  • 1Network effect — Diagram showing the network effect in a few simple phone networks. The lines represent potential calls between phones. In economics and business, a network effect (also called network externality or demand side economies of scale) is the effect… …

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  • 2Lotus effect — The leaves of the sacred lotus flower (Nelumbo) are characterized by a very high water repellency (superhydrophobicity)cite journal | author = Lafuma, A. | coauthor = Quere, D. | year = 2003 | title = Superhydrophobic states | journal = Nature… …

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  • 3Streisand effect — The Streisand effect is a phenomenon on the Internet where an attempt to censor or remove a piece of information backfires, causing the information to be widely publicized. Examples are attempts to censor a photograph, a number, a file, or even a …

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  • 4Bradley effect — Tom Bradley speaking at AIDS Walk LA at the Paramount Studios lot in 1988 The Bradley effect, less commonly called the Wilder effect,[1][2] is a theory proposed to explain observed discrepancies between voter opinion polls and el …

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  • 5George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard — PC (October 21 1685 ndash; 1765), naval commander and diplomatist, He was the son of Arthur Forbes, 2nd Earl of Granard, by his wife Mary, daughter of Sir George Rawdon, 1st Baronet, of Moira, county Down, was born in Ireland 21 October 1685, and …

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  • 6Charles Fergusson Forbes — Sir Charles Fergusson Forbes, M.D. (1779–1852) was an English army surgeon. Life Forbes was educated to the medical profession in London. He joined the army medical staff in Portugal in 1798, was gazetted next year assistant surgeon to the Royals …

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  • 7Balassa-Samuelson effect — The Balassa Samuelson effect (also known as Harrod Balassa Samuelson effect (Kravis and Lipsey 1983), the Ricardo Viner Harrod Balassa Samuelson Penn Bhagwati effect (Samuelson 1994, p. 201), productivity biased purchasing power parity (PPP)… …

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  • 8Slashdot effect — (SLASH.dawt uh.fekt) n. A sharp and often overwhelming increase in a Web site s traffic, particularly after the site is featured on Slashdot.org. Also: /. effect. Slashdot v. Example Citations: As publishers, we long for those times when Internet …

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  • 9Cause and Effect — ST episode name = Cause and Effect series = TNG ep num = 118 prod num = 218 date = March 23 1992 writer = Brannon Braga director = Jonathan Frakes guest = Kelsey Grammer Patti Yasutake Michelle Forbes stardate = 45652.1 year = 2368 prev = The… …

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  • 10Field electron emission — It is requested that a diagram or diagrams be included in this article to improve its quality. For more information, refer to discussion on this page and/or the listing at Wikipedia:Requested images. Field emission (FE) (also known as field… …

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