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title: "List of effects"
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== S ==
Sabattier effect (solarization) (photographic processes) (science of photography)
Sachs–Wolfe effect (astronomy) (physical cosmology)
Sagnac effect (optics) (relativity)
Sailing Ship Effect (business) (economics)
Samba effect (Brazil) (economy of Brazil) (history of Brazil)
Sandbox effect (Internet technology) (search engine optimization)
Scharnhorst effect (quantum field theory)
Schottky effect (diodes)
Schwinger effect (particle physics) (hypothetical processes) (quantum electrodynamics)
Screen-door effect (display technology) (technology)
Second gas effect (anesthesia)
Second-system effect (software development)
Seeliger effect (astronomy) (observational astronomy)
Serial position effect (cognitive biases) (psychological theories) (psychologicy)
Shaft effect (motorcycle)
Shapiro effect (effects of gravitation)
Shielding effect (atomic, molecular, and optical physics) (atomic physics) (chemistry) (quantum chemistry)
Shower-curtain effect (fluid dynamics)
Shubnikov–de Haas effect (science)
Side effect (computer science) (computer programming)
Side effect (disambiguation)
Signor–Lipps effect (extinction) (fossils) (paleontology)
Silk screen effect (technology)
Silo effect (management) (systems theory)
Simon effect (psychology)
Simpson's paradox aka Yule–Simpson effect (probability) (statistics)
Skin effect (electronics)
Slashdot effect (denial-of-service attacks)(Internet terminology) (Slashdot)
Sleeper effect (social psychology)
Smith–Purcell effect (physics) (quantum optics)
Snackwell effect (consumer behaviour) (psychology)
Snob effect (consumer theory) (economics and finance)
Snowball effect (language) (metaphors)
Somogyi effect (diabetes)
Sound effect (film techniques) (sound effects) (sound production) (special effects)
Soap opera effect (film techniques) (television terminology) (filming) (film editing)
Southwest effect, The (airline terminology) (Southwest Airlines)
Spacing effect (cognitive biases) (educational psychology) (psychological theories)
Special effect (animation) (special effects)
Spin Hall effect (condensed matter physics) (Hall effect) (physics) (spintronics)
Spoiler effect (psephology) (voting theory)
Stack effect (filming) (television terminology) (digital electronics) (film techniques)
Stark effect (atomic physics) (foundational quantum physics) (physical phenomena)
Stars (shader effect) (3D computer graphics) (computer graphics) (demo effects)
Status effect (video game gameplay)
Stewart–Tolman effect (electrodynamics)
Stock sound effect (film and video technology) (film and video terminology) (film terminology)
Storage effect (demography) (population ecology)
Streisand effect (dynamic lists) (eponyms) (slang)
Stroop effect (perception) (psychological tests)
Steric effect (chemical kinetics) (chemical reactions) (collision theory) (molecular geometry) (stereochemistry)
Subadditivity effect (cognitive biases)
Subject-expectancy effect (cognitive biases)
Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect (physical cosmology) (radio astronomy)
SVG filter effect (computer graphics) (computer graphics techniques) (image processing) (Scalable Vector Graphics)
Szilard–Chalmers effect (nuclear chemistry)

== T ==
Tamagotchi effect (psychology)
Tanada effect (botany)
Tanzi effect (taxation)
Telescoping effect (memory biases) (psychology)
Testing effect (educational psychology) (memory)
Tetris effect (memory) (Tetris)
Thatcher effect (vision)
Therapeutic effect (medical treatment) (pharmacology)
Thermal flywheel effect (heat) (thermodynamics)
Thermal Hall effect (condensed matter) (Hall effect) (superconductivity)
Third-person effect (media studies)
Thorpe–Ingold effect (chemical kinetics) (organic chemistry)
Threshold effect (particle physics) (physics) (renormalization group)
Tinkerbell effect (sociology)
Tocqueville effect (sociology)
Training effect (cardiovascular system) (exercise physiology) (medicine) (respiratory system) (sports terminology)
Trans effect (coordination chemistry)
Transformer effect (electrodynamics)
Transverse flow effect (aerodynamics)
Trench effect (fire)
Triboelectric effect (electrical phenomena) (electricity)
Trickle-down economics
Trickle-down fashion
Trickle-up economics
Trickle-up fashion
Troxler effect (optical illusion)
Twisted nematic field effect (display technology) (liquid crystal displays) (liquid crystals)
Twomey effect (air pollution) (atmospheric radiation) (clouds, fog and precipitation)
Tyndall effect (physical phenomena) (scattering)

== U ==
Umov effect (astronomy) (observational astronomy) (planetary science)
Unruh effect (quantum field theory) (thermodynamics)
Urban heat island effect (climate change feedbacks and causes) (climate forcing)

== V ==
Vandenbergh effect (biology)
Vaporific effect (fire)
Veblen effect (consumer theory) (goods)
Venturi effect (fluid dynamics)
Venus effect (artistic techniques) (cognitive science) (film techniques) (mirrors) (psychology)
Visual effects (computer generated imagery)
Visual effects art director
Voigt effect (magnetism) (optics)
Von Restorff effect (cognitive biases) (psychological theories)
Vroman effect (molecular and cellular biology)

== W ==
Wagon-wheel effect (optical illusion)
Wahlund effect (evolution) (population genetics)
Walker effect (illusions of self-motion) (spatial misconception)
Walkman effect (computing and society) (technology)
Wallace effect (evolutionary biology) (speciation)
Warburg effect (biochemistry) (oncology) (photosynthesis)
Wealth effect (economics and finance) (wealth)
Weapons effect (gun politics)
Weathervane effect (aviation terminology)
Weissenberg effect (physics)
Westermarck effect (psychology) (incest)
Wet floor effect (computer graphic techniques) (computer graphics) (Web 2.0)
Whitten effect (menstruation)
Wien effect (electrochemistry)
Wigner effect (condensed matter physics) (nuclear technology) (physical phenomena) (radiation effects)
Wilson effect (astronomy) (Sun)
Wilson–Bappu effect (physics)
Wimbledon effect (economic theories) (economy of Japan) (economy of London)
Windkessel effect (physiology)
Withgott effect (linguistics) (phonetics)
Wolf effect (scattering) (spectroscopy)
Wolff–Chaikoff effect (iodine) (medicine)
Woozle effect (psychology) (scientific method) (sociology)
Word superiority effect (cognitive science)
Worse-than-average effect (cognitive biases) (psychological theories) (social psychology)

== X ==
Xenia effect (agriculture) (genetics)

== Y ==
Yarkovsky effect (celestial mechanics)
Yarkovsky–O'Keefe–Radzievskii–Paddack effect (celestial mechanics)
Yule–Simpson effect (probability) (statistics)

== Z ==
Zeeman effect (atomic physics) (foundational quantum physics) (magnetism) (physical phenomena)
Zeigarnik effect (cognitive biases) (educational psychology) (learning) (psychological theories)