phenomenon
any object, fact, or occurrence perceived or observed
side effect
additional effect of a function in a procedural programming language besides returning a value
Eddy diffusion
mixing of fluids due to eddy currents
negative salt effect
chemical phenomenon of ionic solutions
electronic voice phenomenon
parapsychology recordings with anomolous haunting sounds investigated as spirit voices
pleomorphism
ability of some bacteria to alter their shape or size in response to environmental conditions
squat effect
Effect of reduced pressure under a hull making way, causing a downward displacement
migration
displacement of a human or animal population
bleeding order
relation between rules in linguistics
Opposition surge
optical effect
effect
snooker
behavioral contrast
phenomenon studied in psychology
slighting
Damage of buildings to reduce their value
haunting
uncanny appearance
Hot-carrier injection
principle in the function of solid-state electronic devices
wheel-barrowing
phenomena in airplane flight
viral phenomenon
objects or patterns that are able to replicate themselves or convert other objects into copies of themselves when these objects are exposed to them
insurance market death spiral
condition of the insurance market in which costs rapidly increase as a result of changes in the covered population; result of adverse selection in insurance policies in which lower risk policy holders choose to change policies or be uninsured
Exploding trousers
phenomenon where trousers burst into flames
Zero field splitting
spectroscopic concept
Saccadic masking
phenomenon in visual perception where the brain selectively blocks visual processing during eye movements
Salting in
effect where increased ionic strength results in increased solubility
scintillation
apparent rapid target displacement occurring on radar displays
Second British Invasion
music cultural movement
Sylvia Plath effect
phenomenon of poets being more susceptible to mental illness than other creative writers
urban canyon
place where the street is flanked by buildings on both sides, creating a canyon-like environment
Flux pinning
phenomenon related to superconductivity
Z-fighting
Rendering issue in 3D modeling
innovativeness
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Neural facilitation
increase in postsynaptic potential evoked by a second impulse in neurons
flame rectification
phenomenon in which a flame can act as an electrical rectifier
Madeleine Episode
psychic phenomen of involuntary reminiscence involving association with an object, as described by Marcel Proust in the famous archetypal episode of the madeleine dunked in a cup of lime blossom infusion, from his book, "In Search of Lost Time"
halla
temporary cold air that damages plants
phenotype
presentation of a disease in clinical medicine
floral scent
volatile organic compounds (VOCs), or aroma compounds, emitted by floral tissue
horn effect
cognitive bias that causes one’s perception of another to be unduly influenced by a single negative trait
Brussels effect
market mechanisms by which the European Union regulation is adopted globally
overspecialization
phenomenon when a person works in an excessively narrow occupation
catastrophic cancellation
phenomenon in numerical analysis
rainbow
meteorological phenomenon caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets
evolutionary pressure
cause that reduces reproductive success in a proportion of a population
orb
optics
Permian-Triassic mass extinction
mass extinction event at the end of the Permian Period approximately 250 million years ago