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Magnus effect (iou)



Magnus effect noun phr. E20.
[Heinrich G. Magnus (1802-70), German scientist.]
The effect of rapid spinning on a cylinder or sphere moving through a fluid in a direction at an angle to the axis of spin, which results in a sideways force at right angles to both the direction of motion and the axis of spin.