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noun
A phenomenon where pouring a viscous mixture of an organic liquid onto a surface causes a jet of liquid to spout upward from the surface while merging with the descending one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fluid-dynamics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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History
Named after British engineer Alan Kaye who first described the effect in 1963.
