bank effect

noun

The effect of suction from the nearside shore or close watercourse bed, caused by the Bernoulli effect making a low pressure zone in the constricted region, leading vessels to be drawn to that surface.

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Meanings

nounbank effect (plural bank effects)

plural bank effects

  1. nauticalThe effect of suction from the nearside shore or close watercourse bed, caused by the Bernoulli effect making a low pressure zone in the constricted region, leading vessels to be drawn to that surface.
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