Etymology

Named after German physicist Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802–1870)Category:English eponyms#MAGNUSEFFECT.

Noun

Magnus effect (plural Magnus effects)Category:English lemmas#MAGNUSEFFECTCategory:English nouns#MAGNUSEFFECTCategory:English countable nouns#MAGNUSEFFECTCategory:English multiword terms#MAGNUSEFFECTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MAGNUSEFFECTCategory:Pages with entries#MAGNUS%20EFFECTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#MAGNUS%20EFFECT

1. The phenomenon whereby the path of a spinning object moving through a fluid is deflected in a manner that is not observed when the object is not spinning, explained by the difference in pressure of the fluid on opposite sides of the object.