shower curtain effect

noun

The phenomenon of a shower curtain being blown inward when the shower is running, variously ascribed to Bernoulli's principle, the movement of warm and cool air, etc.

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Meanings

nounshower curtain effect (plural shower curtain effects)

plural shower curtain effects

  1. natural sciencesThe phenomenon of a shower curtain being blown inward when the shower is running, variously ascribed to Bernoulli's principle, the movement of warm and cool air, etc.
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