surface effect
noun
1An artistic or literary effect lacking depth, a superficial effect.
2An effect associated with, or only encountered near, a surface; (attributive) designating an air-cushion vehicle in which the cushion is sealed by rigid side walls and flexible seals fore and aft.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Gentleman's Magazine (Philadelphia).
- great titmouse
- great tradition
- Great Trek
- great-uncle
- great vessel
- Great Victoria Desert
- Great Wall of China
- Great War
- Great Week
- Great Wen
- great wheel
- Great White Father
- Great White North
- great white shark
- great white spot
- Great White Throne
- Great White Way
- great wife
- great-winged petrel
- or else
- Orem
- Ore Mountains
- Orenburg
- orenda
- Oreo