Coanda effect

noun

Co·​an·​da effect

kō¦andə-,

-än-

: the tendency of a jet of fluid emerging from an orifice to follow an adjacent flat or curved surface and to entrain fluid from the surroundings so that a region of lower pressure develops

Word History

Etymology

after Henri Coanda †1972 Romanian engineer

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