phenomenon
any object, fact, or occurrence perceived or observed
Magnus effect
sidewise force on a spinning object in a liquid or gas
Westermarck effect
psychological hypothesis
tidal bore
water wave traveling upstream a river or narrow bay due to incoming tide
halo effect
tendency for positive impressions of a person, company, brand or product in one area to positively influence one's opinion or feelings in other areas
sea level rise
current long-term trend for global sea levels to rise mainly in response to climate change
chilling effect
discouragement of exercising rights by threats of legal sanctions
self-organized criticality
concept in physics
Muzzle flash
light created by gunfire
snowmelt
surface runoff produced from melting snow
droste effect
recursive visual effect
feminization of language
process of assigning feminine gender to certain nouns
Salish Sea human foot discoveries
Discoveries of detached human feet near on the coasts of the Salish Sea
selectivity
chemistry
scrub encroachment
causes, impact and responses to bush encroachment in different geographical regions
traffic wave
type of highway congestion
reminiscence bump
memory phenomenon related to human aging
action at a distance
undesirable phenomenon in software engineering
frost
coating or deposit of ice that may form in humid air in cold conditions, usually overnight
whitewashing
phenomenon in the intersection of fashion industry, digital photography, mass media, marketing and advertising
Coronal Rain
Solar phenomena
Population cycle
the repeated increase and decrease of a species' population over time
testing effect
memory effect in educational psychology
threshold effect
phenomenon where sudden change occurs in a system when crossing a critical value of some parameter
fiscal multiplier
the ratio of the change in aggregate demand to the change in government spending that caused it
dimorphism
property of some minerals to exist in two different crystal systems
democratic backsliding
political phenomenon where liberal democracies gradually become illiberal and authoritarian
Weinstein effect
2017–2018 trend of sexual misconduct allegations
astronomical twilight
times of the day when the sun is 12 to 18 degrees below the horizon
flicker
directly visible change in brightness of a light source: fluctuations of the light source itself, or rapid fluctuations in the voltage of the power supply or incompatibility with an external dimmer
viral interference
when infection by a first virus results in resistance of cells or tissues to infection by a second, unrelated virus
manifesting
phenomenon or process of thoughts, desires, and expectations becoming reality and New Thought practice(s) designed to direct this process
nonsense
something without a meaning
Direct development
idea in biology
priming
implicit memory effect whereby exposure to a stimulus unconsciously influences a response to another stimulus
red-eye effect
photography appearance
population inversion
state of a physical system in which more members are in higher, excited energy states than in lower, unexcited states
hysteresis
dependence of the state of a system on its history
Cherenkov radiation
electromagnetic phenomenon
Meissner effect
expulsion of a magnetic field from a superconductor during its transition to the superconducting state
collective memory
shared pool of memories, knowledge and information of a social group that is significantly associated with the group's identity
orbital resonance
regular and periodic gravitational influence by two orbiting celestial bodies exerted on each other
social phenomenon
phenomenon involving multiple organisms reacting to each other
Allais effect
Alleged anomalous behavior of pendulums or gravimeters