English Explanatory Dictionary

Mould effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A counterintuitive physical phenomenon observed with a chain of beads placed inside a jar: when one end of the chain is yanked from the jar and allowed to fall to the floor, it establishes a self-sustaining flow of the chain which rises up into an arch as if being sucked by an invisible siphon.

Word forms

Mould effect the Mould effect

Etymology

Named after Steve Mould, science presenter who popularized the effect in a YouTube video.

Synonyms

chain fountain
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