English Explanatory Dictionary

Magnus effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The phenomenon whereby the path of a spinning object moving through a fluid is deflected in a manner that is not observed when the object is not spinning, explained by the difference in pressure of the fluid on opposite sides of the object.

Word forms

Magnus effect Magnus effects

Etymology

Named after German physicist Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802–1870).

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