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Coandă effect

Coandă effect proper noun: the tendency of a fluid jet to be attracted to a nearby surface.

coandă effect: the tendency of a fluid jet to be attracted to a nearby surface
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Proper noun

Coandă effect

  1. The tendency of a fluid jet to be attracted to a nearby surface.

Origin of Coandă effect

Named after Romanian aerodynamics pioneer Henri Coandă, who was the first to recognize the practical application of the phenomenon in aircraft development.

Questions about Coandă effect

What does Coandă effect mean?
Coandă effect means the tendency of a fluid jet to be attracted to a nearby surface.
What part of speech is Coandă effect?
Coandă effect is a proper noun.

Words near Coandă effect in the dictionary

  1. coancha
  2. coanchor
  3. coanchored
  4. coanchoring
  5. coanchors
  6. Coandă effect
  7. coannihilate
  8. coannihilated
  9. coannihilates
  10. coannihilating
  11. coannihilation

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