sudden+effect
31The Entropy Effect — infobox Book | name = The Entropy Effect title orig = translator = image caption = author = Vonda N. McIntyre illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Science fiction novel publisher = Pocket Books… …
32Tequila Effect — Informal name given to the impact of the 1994 Mexican economic crisis on the South American economy. The Tequila Effect occurred because of a sudden devaluation in the Mexican peso, which then caused other currencies in the region (the Southern… …
33einstein-de haas effect — dəˈhäs noun Usage: usually capitalized E&H Etymology: after Albert Einstein and Arthur E. de Haas died 1941 Austrian physicist : a rotational impulse imparted to a body upon sudden magnetization compare barnett effect …
34eureka effect — noun Sudden unexpected discovery …
35compressibility effect — The sudden increase in the total drag of an airfoil in transonic flight caused by formation of a shock wave on the surface …
36smoothing effect — The recording of an accounting item over a number of time periods in a manner that avoids sudden variations. The action of smoothing transactions may involve *allocations of revenues and expenses that contravene the *accruals basis of accounting …
37load alteration effect — The reactions in the drive train or, in FWD vehicles, in the steering, due to sudden load alteration. Compare torque steer …
38weight transfer effect — Because the center of gravity of a vehicle is located above the centers of wheel rotation, a sudden stoppage of the vehicle tends to cause the center of gravity to move forward, thus throwing more weight onto the front wheels and less on the rear …
39barkhausen effect — ˈbärˌkau̇zən , rkˌhau̇ noun Usage: capitalized B Etymology: after Heinrich Barkhausen died 1956 German physicist and electrical engineer : the series of abrupt changes or jumps in the magnetization of a substance when the magnetizing field is… …
40catch — catch1 [ kætʃ ] (past tense and past participle caught [ kɔt ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop and hold something/someone ▸ 2 stop someone escaping ▸ 3 find and arrest ▸ 4 (hunt and) stop animal ▸ 5 get on public vehicle ▸ 6 discover someone doing something… …
