(theater, literature) According to Bertold Brecht, performance in such a way that the audience is hindered from simply identifying itself with the characters in the play, and must evaluate their actions on an overt, conscious level.

plural of distancing effect

(medicine, pathology) A cluster of personality changes caused by the extrapyramidal effects of the medication haloperidol, mimicking parkinsonism, hypomimia, bradykinesia, and flat affect.

plural of zombie effect

(phyisology) The relative deficiency in perceptual performance for oblique contours as compared to the performance for horizontal or vertical contours.

plural of overview effect

The average (mean) pressure which, if imposed on the pistons uniformly from the top to the bottom of each power stroke, would produce the measured (brake) power output.

plural of brake mean effective pressure

A photoelastic effect produced by ultrasonic waves in a transparent material.

vibration in the rotor of a helicopter due to differential drag