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kaye effect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables
kaye -ef-fect
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phenomenon where pouring a viscous mixture of an organic liquid onto a surface causes a jet of liquid to spout upward from the surface while merging with the descending one.

Etymology

Named after British engineer Alan Kaye who first described the effect in 1963.

Inflected Forms

Kaye effects (plural)

Questions

What does kaye effect mean?
A phenomenon where pouring a viscous mixture of an organic liquid onto a surface causes a jet of liquid to spout upward from the surface while merging with the descending one.
Where does kaye effect come from?
Named after British engineer Alan Kaye who first described the effect in 1963.

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