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noun
The phenomenon whereby the path of a spinning object moving through a fluid is deflected in a manner that is not observed when the object is not spinning, explained by the difference in pressure of the fluid on opposite sides of the object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Named after German physicist Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802–1870).
