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magnus effect

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables
mag-nus -ef-fect
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phenomenon whereby the path of a spinning object moving through a fluid is deflected in a manner that is not observed when the object is not spinning, explained by the difference in pressure of the fluid on opposite sides of the object.

Etymology

Named after German physicist Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802–1870).

Inflected Forms

Magnus effects (plural)

Questions

What does magnus effect mean?
The phenomenon whereby the path of a spinning object moving through a fluid is deflected in a manner that is not observed when the object is not spinning, explained by the difference in pressure of the fluid on opposite sides of the object.
Where does magnus effect come from?
Named after German physicist Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802–1870).

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