knife-edge effect
1Knife-edge effect — In electromagnetic wave propagation, the knife edge effect or edge diffraction is a redirection by diffraction of a portion of the incident radiation that strikes a well defined obstacle such as a mountain range or the edge of a building. The… …
2knife-edge — knife ,edge noun singular 1. ) a situation in which success and failure are equally likely: The battle for control of the party was on a knife edge last night. a ) a situation in which a slight change could have a very dangerous effect: a man on… …
3knife-edge — UK / US noun [singular] 1) a) a situation in which success and failure are equally likely The team s future was on a knife edge last night. b) a situation in which a slight change could have a very dangerous effect a man on the knife edge of self …
4edge — [[t]e̱ʤ[/t]] ♦♦ edges, edging, edged 1) N COUNT: usu with supp The edge of something is the place or line where it stops, or the part of it that is furthest from the middle. We were on a hill, right on the edge of town... She was standing at the… …
5effect — The result or consequence of an action. [L. efficio, pp. effectus, to accomplish, fr. facio, to do] abscopal e. a reaction produced following irradiation but occurring outside the zone of actual radiation absorption. additive e. an e. wherein two …
6Ibanez Edge — The Ibanez Edge Tremolo is a double locking tremolo system for the electric guitar very similar in design to that of the original Floyd Rose. It first appeared in the Ibanez product line as of the 1986 model year, however, they have appeared on… …
7Commander (knife) — Commander Emerson Commander Type Folding Knife Place of origin Torrance, California …
8Mass Effect: Revelation —   …
9NTSC — This article is about the television system. For the Indonesian government agency, see National Transportation Safety Committee. Television encoding systems by nation; countries using the NTSC system are shown in green. NTSC, named for the… …
10List of effects — This is a list of names for observable phenonema that contain the word effect, amplified by reference(s) to their respective fields of study. #*3D audio effect (audio effects)A*Accelerator effect (economics) *Accordion effect (physics) (waves)… …
