(idiomatic) To do everything within one's powers to achieve something.

An auditory illusion where the listener incorrectly localizes a sound.

(UK) A cultural change in the field of medicine sparked by the conviction of Harold Shipman for murdering his patients, and the formal recommendations from the subsequent Shipman Inquiry.

The tendency of a fluid jet to be attracted to a nearby surface.

The theorized negative effect on the economy, and other aspects of social life, caused by people staying home to watch television news during a crisis such as a war.

(medicine) The anatomic and physiological effect that an ectopic mass (such as a tumor, hematoma, or pleural effusion) causes by displacing or pushing against eutopic structures. It may squeeze and thus occlude blood vessels or lymphatic vessels; pinch nerves; disrupt gastrointestinal volume and peristalsis; and so on.

plural of centre of effort

plural of flow-on effect

plural of flow on effect

The indirect effect of an action that arises when the immediate result causes similar effects in additional settings.