English Explanatory Dictionary

Mpemba effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The supposed tendency of warmer (and/or previously warmed) liquids or colloids (especially water) to freeze more quickly than cooler ones under at least some conditions.

Word forms

Mpemba effect the Mpemba effect

Etymology

Named after Tanzanian student Erasto Mpemba, who published on the topic in the 1960s.

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