English Explanatory Dictionary

Kaye effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phenomenon where pouring a viscous mixture of an organic liquid onto a surface causes a jet of liquid to spout upward from the surface while merging with the descending one.

Word forms

Kaye effect Kaye effects

Etymology

Named after British engineer Alan Kaye who first described the effect in 1963.

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