See Also: boulderstone(dictionary)
Magnus(medicine)
Magnus effect(dictionary)
pulsus magnus(medicine)
Magnus (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Magnus II Eriksson(encyclopedia)
Magnus effect(encyclopedia)
adductor magnus(medicine)
Retzius, Magnus(medicine)
Peptostreptococcus magnus(medicine)

Magnus effect (iou) and boulderstone (iou)


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.

boulderstone (iou)



boulderstone noun. ME.
[Of Scandinavian origin: cf. Swedish dial. bullersten, buldurstajn, perh. rel. to Swedish bullra rumble.]
A boulder.