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51Twisted nematic field effect — The twisted nematic effect ( TN effect ) in liquid crystals is claimed to be first discovered by James Fergason in 1970 at the International Liquid Xtal Company in Kent Ohio. Fergason patented his work at about the same time that the Central… …
52Mössbauer effect — Physics. the phenomenon in which an atom in a crystal undergoes no recoil when emitting a gamma ray, giving all the emitted energy to the gamma ray, resulting in a sharply defined wavelength. [1955 60; named after R. MÖSSBAUER] * * * ▪ physics… …
53Trickle up effect — The trickle up effect is an economic theory used to describe the flow of wealth from the poor to the affluent; it is opposite to the trickle down effect.Relationship to the trickle down effectProponents of the trickle down… …
54Negativity effect — In psychology, the negativity effect is the tendency of people, when evaluating the causes of the behaviors of a person they dislike, to attribute their positive behaviors to the environment and their negative behaviors to the person s inherent… …
55Cheerio effect — In fluid mechanics, the cheerio effect is the tendency for small wettable floating objects to attract one another. The comedian and author Rich Hall called this effect cheeriomagnetization , using it as an example of a word that needed to be… …
56Woodward effect — The Woodward Effect, also called the Mach Effect (particularly by Dr. Woodward himself), is an experimental method for propellantless propulsion. It was first proposed by Dr. James F. Woodward, a physicist at California State University at… …
57Hall effect — Physics, Elect. the electromotive force generated in a strip of metal longitudinally conducting an electric current and subjected to a magnetic field normal to its major surface. [1900 05; named after Edwin H. Hall (1855 1938), American physicist …
58The Butterfly Effect — Infobox Film name = The Butterfly Effect director = Eric Bress J. Mackye Gruber producer = Ashton Kutcher Anthony Rhulen Chris Bender J.C. Spink A.J. Dix Toby Emmerich writer = Eric Bress J. Mackye Gruber starring = Ashton Kutcher Melora Walters… …
59Poynting-Robertson effect — The Poynting Robertson effect, also known as Poynting Robertson drag, named after John Henry Poynting and Howard Percy Robertson, is a process by which solar radiation causes a dust grain in the solar system to slowly spiral inward. The drag is… …
60Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein effect — The Mikheyev Smirnov Wolfenstein effect (often referred to as matter effect ) is a particle physics process which can act to modify neutrino oscillations in matter. 1978 work by American physicist Lincoln Wolfenstein and 1986 work by Soviet… …
