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List of Effects List of effects This is a list of names for observable phenomena that con- 1 A tain the word effect, amplified by reference(s) to their re- spective fields of study. • Accelerator effect (economics) Contents : • Accordion effect (physics) (waves) • • Top Acousto-optic effect (nonlinear optics) (waves) • 0–9 • Additive genetic effects (genetics) • A • Aharonov–Bohm effect (quantum mechanics) • B • Al Jazeera effect (Al Jazeera) (media issues) • C • Alienation effect (acting techniques) (Bertolt Brecht • D theories and techniques) (film theory) (metafictional techniques) (theatre) • E • F • Allais effect (fringe physics) • G • Allee effect (biology) • H • Ambiguity effect (cognitive biases) • I • Anrep effect (cardiology) (medicine) • J • Antenna effect (digital electronics) (electronic de- • K sign automation) • L • Anti-greenhouse effect (atmospheric dynamics) (at- • M mospheric science) (astronomy) (planetary atmo- spheres) • N • • O Askaryan effect (particle physics) • P • Asymmetric blade effect • Q • Audience effect (psychology) (social psychology) • R • Auger effect (atomic physics) (foundational quan- • S tum physics) • T • Aureole effect (atmospheric optical phenomena) (scientific terminology) • U • V • Autler–Townes effect (atomic, molecular, and opti- cal physics) (atomic physics) (quantum optics) • W • Autokinetic effect (vision) • X • • Y Avalanche effect (cryptography) • Z • Averch–Johnson effect (economics) 1 2 3 C 2 B • Bradley effect (American political terms) (elec- tions in the United States) (political history of the • Balassa–Samuelson effect (economics) United States) (political neologisms) (politics and race) (polling) (psephology) (racism) • Baldwin effect (evolutionary biology) (selection) • Bridgman effect (electricity) (electromagnetism) • Balloon-carried light effect (balloons) (culture) (en- • tertainment) Brookings effect (atmospheric science) (Curry County, Oregon) (Oregon coast) (Oregon geogra- • Bambi effect (hunting) (psychology stubs) phy) (winds) • Bandwagon effect (cognitive biases) (crowd psy- • Brown Willy effect (geography of Cornwall) chology) (economics effects) (metaphors) (propa- (mesoscale meteorology) ganda techniques) • Bruce effect (reproduction) • Bank effect (marine propulsion) (nautical terms) • (water) Bullwhip effect (distribution, retailing, and whole- saling) • Barkhausen effect (condensed matter) (magnetism) • Butterfly effect (chaos theory) (physical phenomena) • Barnett effect (condensed matter) (magnetism) (stability theory) • Baskerville effect (cardiology) • Bystander effect • Bauschinger effect (classical mechanics) (materials science) 3 C • Beaujolais effect (Ada programming language) • Cage effect (chemistry) • Ben Franklin effect (emotion) (psychology) • Calendar effect (behavioral finance) (economics and • Bernoulli effect (equations) (fluid dynamics) (wind finance) (market trends) power) • Callendar effect (atmospheric science) (climate) • Beta-silicon effect (physical organic chemistry) (climate change) • Bezold effect (optical illusions) (psychological the- • Captodative effect (organic chemistry) ories) • Capture effect (broadcast engineering) (radio) (ra- • Bezold–Brücke effect (optical illusions) dio communications/) (telecommunications) (wire- less communications) • Biefeld–Brown effect (physical phenomena) (propulsion) • Carnoustie effect (golf) (golf terminology) • Big-fish–little-pond effect (educational psychology)( • Carryover effect (cooking techniques) (food and (pedagogy) drink) • Birthday number effect (psychology) • Cascade effect (ecology) • Black drop effect (astronomical transits) • Cascade effect (spaceflight) • Blazhko effect (astronomy) • Casimir effect (quantum field theory) (physical phe- nomena) • Blocking effect (psychology) • Castle thunder (sound effect) (in-jokes) (sound ef- • Bloom (shader effect) (3D computer graphics) fects) (demo effects) • Catapult effect (electromagnetism) • Bohr effect (protein) • Catch-up effect (economics effects) • Boomerang effect (psychology) (social psychology) • (psychology) Catfish effect (human resource management) (man- agement) (organizational studies and human re- • Bouba/kiki effect (cognitive science) source management) (social psychology) • Bowditch effect (medicine) • Cause and effect 3 • Ceiling effect (medical treatment) (statistics) • Cross-race effect (face recognition) • Channel capture effect (ethernet) (network topol- • CSI effect (criminal law) (criminology) (CSI televi- ogy) sion series) (psychology) (television terminology) • Cheerio effect (fluid mechanics) (physics) • Cupertino effect (computers) (spell checking) • Cherenkov effect (experimental particle physics) • Cytopathic effect (microbiology terms) (fundamental physics concepts) (particle physics) (special relativity) • Chilling effect (law) (censorship) (freedom of ex- 4 D pression) (American legal terms) • • Chimney effect De Haas–van Alphen effect (condensed matter) (magnetism) (quantum physics) • Chorus effect (audio effects) (audio engineering) • (effects units) (sound recording) (de Sitter effect: see) Geodetic effect (general rela- tivity) • Christiansen effect (optical filters) • Debye–Falkenhagen effect • Christofilos effect (particle physics) • Decoy effect (consumer behavior) (decision theory) • Cinderella effect (child abuse) (economic theories) (finance theory) (marketing) • Cis effect (inorganic chemistry) • Delay (audio effect) (audio effects) (effects units) • Clientele effect (economics) (finance) (musical techniques) • Cluster effect (economics effects) • Dellinger effect (radio communications) • CNN effect (civil–military relations) (CNN) (news • Dember effect (electrical phenomena) (physics) media) (warfare of the modern era) • Demo effect (demoscene) • Coandă effect (aerodynamics) (boundary layers) (physical phenomena) • Demonstration effect (human behavior) (sociologi- cal terms) • Coattail effect (political terms) • Denomination effect (behavioral economics) • Cobra effect • Diderot effect (anthropology) (consumer behaviour) • Cocktail party effect (acoustical signal processing) (attention) • Ding Hai effect (economy of Hong Kong) (Hong Kong culture) • Cohort effect • Direct effect (European Union law) • Common-ion effect (ions) (physical chemistry) • • Compton effect (astrophysics) (atomic physics) Disposal tax effect (economics and finance) (fi- (foundational quantum physics) (observational as- nance) (taxation) tronomy) (quantum electrodynamics) (X-rays) • Disposition effect (economics and finance) • Contrast effect (cognition) (cognitive biases) (per- • Dole effect (climatology) (oxygen) (paleoclimatol- ception) (vision) ogy) (photosynthesis) • Coolidge effect (jokes) (sexual attraction) • Domino effect (physic) (politics) • Coriolis effect (atmospheric dynamics) (classical • mechanics) (force) (physical phenomena) (urban Doppler effect (Doppler effects) (radio frequency legends) propagation) (wave mechanics) • Cotton effect (atomic, molecular, and optical • Downing effect (psychology) physics) (polarization) • Droste effect (artistic techniques) • Cotton–Mouton effect (magnetism) (optics) • Dunning–Kruger effect (personality) (social psy- • Crabtree effect (biochemistry) chology) 4 6 F 5 E 6 F • Eagle effect (antibiotic resistance) (pharmacology) • Fahraeus–Lindquist effect (blood) (fluid dynamics) (molecular and cellular biology) • Early effect (transistors) • False consensus effect (cognitive biases) (futur- • Eberhard effect (science of photography) ology) (group processes) (psychological theories) (sustainability) • Edge effect (ecological succession) (ecology) • Faraday effect (magnetism) (optics) • Edison effect (atomic physics) (electricity) (Thomas Edison) (vacuum tubes) • Ferroelectric effect (condensed matter physics) (electrical phenomena) • Efimov effect (physics) • Fink effect (anesthesia) (diffusion) • Einstein effect (disambiguation), several different effects in physics • Flaming sword (effect) (fire arts) (special effects) • Einstein–de Haas effect (science) • Floating body effect (electronics) (semiconductors) • Electro-optic effect (nonlinear optics) • Floodgate effect (social phenomena) (sociology) • Electrocaloric effect (cooling technology) (heat • Floor effect (statistics) pumps) • Florence Nightingale effect (Florence Nightingale) • Electron-cloud effect (particle accelerators) (love) (psychology) (physics) • Flutie effect (student sport) • Electroviscous effects (colloid chemistry) (surface chemistry) • Flynn effect (futurology) (intelligence) (psycholog- ical theories) (psychometrics) (race and intelligence • ELIZA effect (artificial intelligence) (human– controversy) computer interaction) (propositional fallacies) • Focusing effect (cognitive biases) • Embedding effect (environmental economics) • Forbush effect (cosmic rays) (solar phenomena) • EMC effect (particle physics) • Forer effect (cognitive biases) (history of astrology) • Emerson effect (photosynthesis) (psychological theories) • Endowment effect (behavioral finance) (cognitive • Founder effect (ecology) (population genetics) biases) (psychological theories) • Fractional quantum Hall effect (physics) • Enhanced Permeability and Retention effect (medicine) • Franssen effect (acoustics) (sound perception) • Eötvös effect (geodesy) (topography) • Franz–Keldysh effect (condensed matter) (elec- tronic engineering) (electronics) (optics) (optoelec- • Epps effect (econometrics) (statistical terminology) tronics) (statistics) • Free surface effect (fluid mechanics) • Espresso crema effect (earth phenomena) (geology) • Front projection effect (film production) • Ettinghausen effect (condensed matter) (electrody- namics) (thermodynamics) • Fujiwhara effect (tropical cyclone meteorology) (vortices) • Evershed effect (physics)
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