Coanda effect
noun
Co·an·da effect
kō¦andə-,
-än-
: the tendency of a jet of fluid emerging from an orifice to follow an adjacent flat or curved surface and to entrain fluid from the surroundings so that a region of lower pressure develops
Word History
Etymology
after Henri Coanda †1972 Romanian engineer
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