phenomenon
any object, fact, or occurrence perceived or observed
Reactivity
phenomenon in psychology
Purkinje effect
Tendency for the peak luminance sensitivity of the human eye to shift toward the blue end of the color spectrum at low illumination levels
insubordination
act of willfully disobeying one's superior
floor effect
statistical phenomenon
bystander effect
social psychological phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present
Second sound
quantum mechanical phenomenon in which heat transfer occurs by wave-like motion
subtractive color
mixing of paints, dyes, inks, and natural colorants
lunar effect
purported correlation between the lunar cycle and behavior and physiological changes in living beings on Earth, including humans
Flynn effect
20th-century rise in intelligence test scores
hiatus
occurrence of two vowel sounds in adjacent syllables, with no intervening consonant
Kerr effect
change in refractive index of a material in response to an applied electric field
double layer
layer enriched with ions of opposite charge to that carried by a solid surface to maintain electroneutrality in solution
desorption
release of an embedded substance from another substance
thermosiphon
method of passive heat exchange
Venus effect
phenomenon in the psychology of perception
physical phenomenon
phenomenon of the material world
Miller effect
increase in the equivalent input capacitance of an inverting voltage amplifier
flow separation
the detachment of a boundary layer from a surface into a wake
Arago spot
bright point that appears at the center of a circular object's shadow due to Fresnel diffraction
phonological opacity
measure of the context or the consequences of a phonological process that may be determined only by examining the surface structure
crack
failure in a material
echo chamber
media phenomenon when beliefs are amplified or reinforced by communication and repetition inside a closed system
electrical phenomenon
phenomena involving electrical occurrences
visual crowding
visual phenomenon
Curse of Rocky Colavito
Supposed baseball curse
gauche effect
atypical situation where groups separated by a torsion angle of approximately 60°, is more stable than 180°
Gold-plating
European Union law
kinetic depth effect
phenomenon of visual perception
refusal of medical assistance
situation when a patient refuses any or all parts of medical treatment
arctic sea ice decline
sea ice loss observed in recent decades in the Arctic Ocean
bus rapid transit creep
BRT system that fails to meet the requirements to be considered "true BRT"
multi-dimensionality
Phenomenon of a series of different ways of looking at a person, thing, event or process
balance
a state of equilibrium, especially in frameworks of unified plurality with an entity having multiple influencing forces or factors that are e.g. arranged or proportioned
Rainbow wave
political term in the US
model minority myth
stereotype around minority groups that are perceived as successful in contrast to other minority groups
Gibbs phenomenon
peculiar manner in which the Fourier series of a piecewise continuously differentiable periodic function behaves at a jump discontinuity
consciousness
the state or quality of sentience or awareness of internal or external existence
debasement
practice of lowering the value of currency; financial gain for the sovereign at the expense of citizens
Star of Bethlehem
celestial phenomenon that according to the New Testament revealed the birth of Jesus to the Wise Men
mean reversion
tendency of a financial asset or other stochastic process to drift towards its long-term mean faster than mean regression predicts
anomaly
deviation beyond what is regarded as normal
snowball effect
metaphorical term for a process of gradual growth