The influence of suggestion on unconscious behavior, frequently used to explain dowsing and other seemingly supernatural claims.

(physics) the thermodynamic effect by which heat being passed through a thermocouple is converted into electricity

(physics) A thermoelectric effect which occurs when current is passed through a thermocouple, used in computing as a cooling process.

(fluid dynamics) In a flowing fluid, the occurrence of what is stated by Bernoulli's principle.

(physics) The creation of excess electron-hole pairs, triggered by impinging beta particles.

(physics) the conversion of electromagnetic radiation into electric power through absorption by a semiconducting material

(physics) the generation of static electricity by friction between different materials

(physics, fluid mechanics) The reduction in fluid pressure that results when a fluid flows through a constriction.

The situation in which one event sets off a chain of additional events.

(physics) A test of the strong equivalence principle of general relativity that relies on detecting polarization in the orbit of the moon in the direction of the sun.