(nautical) The effect of suction from the nearside shore or close watercourse bed, caused by the Bernoulli effect making a low pressure zone in the constricted region, leading vessels to be drawn to that surface.

A philosophy and social movement that advocates the use of evidence and reasoning to determine the most effective ways to benefit others.

(marketing) A distribution channel phenomenon in which demand forecasts yield supply chain inefficiencies: there are increasing swings in inventory in response to shifts in consumer demand as one moves further up the supply chain.

Synonym of bullwhip effect

The phenomenon whereby a person attempting to diet will eat a larger amount of a healthy alternative than they would of the normal food.

(physics, chemistry) A thermoelectric (or thermomagnetic) phenomenon observed when a sample allowing electrical conduction is subjected to a magnetic field and a temperature gradient normal (perpendicular) to each other. An electric field will be induced normal to both.

(ecology) A change in population or community structures that occurs at the boundary of two or more habitats.

(physics) The predicted spontaneous creation of particle-antiparticle pairs in the presence of an extremely strong electric field.

(philosophy) The situation where an otherwise legitimate act (for example, relieving a terminally ill patient's pain) may also cause an effect one would otherwise be obliged to avoid (e.g. sedation and a slightly shortened life).

plural of effective altruist