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Cheerios effect

Cheerios effect proper noun: the tendency for objects floating on a liquid surface to clump together.

Proper noun

Cheerios effect

  1. The tendency for objects floating on a liquid surface to clump together.

Forms of Cheerios effect

alternative formCheerio effect

Origin of Cheerios effect

Derived from the behavior of Cheerios breakfast cereal.

Questions about Cheerios effect

What does Cheerios effect mean?
Cheerios effect means the tendency for objects floating on a liquid surface to clump together.
What part of speech is Cheerios effect?
Cheerios effect is a proper noun.

Words near Cheerios effect in the dictionary

  1. cheerings
  2. cheerio
  3. Cheerio effect
  4. cheerioh
  5. cheerios
  6. Cheerios effect
  7. cheerish
  8. cheerishness
  9. cheerlead
  10. cheerleaded
  11. cheerleader

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