List of effects
Appearance
This is a list of names for observable phenomena that contain the word effect, amplified by reference(s) to their respective fields of study.
A
- Accelerator effect (economics)
- Accordion effect (physics) (waves)
- Acousto-optic effect (nonlinear optics) (waves)
- Additive genetic effects (genetics)
- Aharonov–Bohm effect (quantum mechanics)
- Alienation effect (acting techniques) (Bertolt Brecht theories and techniques) (film theory) (metafictional techniques) (theatre)
- Allais effect (fringe physics)
- Allee effect (biology)
- Ambiguity effect (cognitive biases)
- Anrep effect (cardiology) (medicine)
- Antenna effect (digital electronics) (electronic design automation)
- Anti-greenhouse effect (atmospheric dynamics) (atmospheric science) (astronomy) (planetary atmospheres)
- Askaryan effect (particle physics)
- Asymmetric blade effect
- Audience effect (psychology) (social psychology)
- Auger effect (atomic physics) (foundational quantum physics)
- Aureole effect (atmospheric optical phenomena) (scientific terminology)
- Autler–Townes effect (atomic, molecular, and optical physics) (atomic physics) (quantum optics)
- Autokinetic effect (vision)
- Avalanche effect (cryptography)
- Averch–Johnson effect (economics)
B
- Balassa–Samuelson effect (economics)
- Baldwin effect (evolutionary biology) (selection)
- Balloon-carried light effect (balloons) (culture) (entertainment)
- Bambi effect (hunting) (psychology stubs)
- Bandwagon effect (cognitive biases) (crowd psychology) (economics effects) (metaphors) (propaganda techniques)
- Bank effect (marine propulsion) (nautical terms) (water)
- Barkhausen effect (condensed matter) (magnetism)
- Barnett effect (condensed matter) (magnetism)
- Baskerville effect (cardiology)
- Bauschinger effect (classical mechanics) (materials science)
- Beaujolais effect (Ada programming language)
- Ben Franklin effect (emotion) (psychology)
- Bernoulli effect (equations) (fluid dynamics) (wind power)
- Beta-silicon effect (physical organic chemistry)
- Bezold effect (optical illusions) (psychological theories)
- Bezold–Brücke effect (optical illusions)
- Biefeld–Brown effect (physical phenomena) (propulsion)
- Big-fish–little-pond effect (educational psychology)( (pedagogy)
- Birthday number effect (psychology)
- Black drop effect (astronomical transits)
- Blazhko effect (astronomy)
- Blocking effect (psychology)
- Bloom (shader effect) (3D computer graphics) (demo effects)
- Bohr effect (protein)
- Boomerang effect (psychology) (social psychology) (psychology)
- Bouba/kiki effect (cognitive science)
- Bowditch effect (medicine)
- Bradley effect (American political terms) (elections in the United States) (political history of the United States) (political neologisms) (politics and race) (polling) (psephology) (racism)
- Bridgman effect (electricity) (electromagnetism)
- Brookings effect (atmospheric science) (Curry County, Oregon) (Oregon coast) (Oregon geography) (winds)
- Brown Willy effect (geography of Cornwall) (mesoscale meteorology)
- Bruce effect (reproduction)
- Bullwhip effect (distribution, retailing, and wholesaling)
- Butterfly effect (chaos theory) (physical phenomena) (stability theory)
- Bystander effect
C
- Cage effect (chemistry)
- Calendar effect (behavioral finance) (economics and finance) (market trends)
- Callendar effect (atmospheric science) (climate) (climate change)
- Captodative effect (organic chemistry)
- Capture effect (broadcast engineering) (radio) (radio communications/) (telecommunications) (wireless communications)
- Carnoustie effect (golf) (golf terminology)
- Carryover effect (cooking techniques) (food and drink)
- Cascade effect (ecology)
- Cascade effect (spaceflight)
- Casimir effect (quantum field theory) (physical phenomena)
- Castle thunder (sound effect) (in-jokes) (sound effects)
- Catapult effect (electromagnetism)
- Catch-up effect (economics effects)
- Catfish effect (human resource management) (management) (organizational studies and human resource management) (social psychology)
- Cause and effect
- Ceiling effect (medical treatment) (statistics)
- Channel capture effect (ethernet) (network topology)
- Cheerio effect (fluid mechanics) (physics)
- Cherenkov effect (experimental particle physics) (fundamental physics concepts) (particle physics) (special relativity)
- Chilling effect (law) (censorship) (freedom of expression) (American legal terms)
- Chorus effect (audio effects) (audio engineering) (effects units) (sound recording)
- Christiansen effect (optical filters)
- Christofilos effect (particle physics)
- Cinderella effect (child abuse)
- Clientele effect (economics) (finance)
- Cluster effect (economics effects)
- CNN effect (civil–military relations) (CNN) (news media) (warfare of the modern era)
- Coandă effect (aerodynamics) (boundary layers) (physical phenomena)
- Coattail effect (political terms)
- Cocktail party effect (acoustical signal processing) (attention)
- Cohort effect
- Common-ion effect (ions) (physical chemistry)
- Compton effect (astrophysics) (atomic physics) (foundational quantum physics) (observational astronomy) (quantum electrodynamics) (X-rays)
- Contrast effect (cognition) (cognitive biases) (perception) (vision)
- Coolidge effect (jokes) (sexual attraction)
- Coriolis effect (atmospheric dynamics) (classical mechanics) (force) (physical phenomena) (urban legends)
- Cotton effect (atomic, molecular, and optical physics) (polarization)
- Cotton–Mouton effect (magnetism) (optics)
- Crabtree effect (biochemistry)
- Cross-race effect (face recognition)
- CSI effect (criminal law) (criminology) (CSI television series) (psychology) (television terminology)
- Cytopathic effect (microbiology terms)
D
- De Haas–van Alphen effect (condensed matter) (magnetism) (quantum physics)
- (de Sitter effect: see) Geodetic effect (general relativity)
- Debye–Falkenhagen effect
- Decoy effect (consumer behavior) (decision theory) (economic theories) (finance theory) (marketing)
- Delay (audio effect) (audio effects) (effcts units) (musical techniques)
- Dellinger effect (radio communications)
- Dember effect (electrical phenomena) (physics)
- Demo effect (demoscene)
- Demonstration effect (human behavior) (sociological terms)
- Denomination effect (behavioral economics)
- Diderot effect (anthropology) (consumer behaviour)
- Ding Hai effect (economy of Hong Kong) (Hong Kong culture)
- Direct effect (European Union law)
- Disposal tax effect (economics and finance) (finance) (taxation)
- Disposition effect (economics and finance)
- Dole effect (climatology) (oxygen) (paleoclimatology) (photosynthesis)
- Domino effect (physic) (politics)
- Doppler effect (Doppler effects) (radio frequency propagation) (wave mechanics)
- Downing effect (psychology)
- Droste effect (artistic techniques)
- Dunning–Kruger effect (personality) (social psychology)
E
- Early effect (transistors)
- Eberhard effect (science of photography)
- Edge effect (ecological succession) (ecology)
- Edison effect (atomic physics) (electricity) (Thomas Edison) (vacuum tubes)
- Efimov effect (physics)
- Einstein effect (disambiguation), several different effects in physics
- Einstein–de Haas effect (science)
- Electro-optic effect (nonlinear optics)
- Electrocaloric effect (cooling technology) (heat pumps)
- Electron-cloud effect (particle accelerators) (physics)
- ELIZA effect (artificial intelligence) (human–computer interaction) (propositional fallacies)
- Embedding effect (environmental economics)
- Emerson effect (photosynthesis)
- Endowment effect (behavioral finance) (cognitive biases) (psychological theories)
- Enhanced Permeability and Retention effect (medicine)
- Eötvös effect (geodesy) (topography)
- Epps effect (econometrics) (statistical terminology) (statistics)
- Espresso crema effect (earth phenomena) (geology)
- Ettinghausen effect (condensed matter) (electrodynamics) (thermodynamics)
- Evershed effect (physics) (solar phenomena)
- Exciter (effect) (audio effects) (effects units)
F
- Fahraeus–Lindquist effect (blood) (fluid dynamics) (molecular and cellular biology)
- False consensus effect (cognitive biases) (futurology) (group processes) (psychological theories) (sustainability)
- Faraday effect (magnetism) (optics)
- Ferroelectric effect (condensed matter physics) (electrical phenomena)
- Fink effect (anesthesia) (diffusion)
- Flaming sword (effect) (fire arts) (special effects)
- Floating body effect (electronics) (semiconductors)
- Floodgate effect (social phenomena) (sociology)
- Floor effect (statistics)
- Florence Nightingale effect (Florence Nightingale) (love) (psychology)
- Flutie effect (student sport)
- Flynn effect (futurology) (intelligence) (psychological theories) (psychometrics) (race and intelligence controversy)
- Focusing effect (cognitive biases)
- Forbush effect (cosmic rays) (solar phenomena)
- Forer effect (cognitive biases) (history of astrology) (psychological theories)
- Founder effect (ecology) (population genetics)
- Fractional quantum Hall effect (physics)
- Franssen effect (acoustics) (sound perception)
- Franz–Keldysh effect (condensed matter) (electronic engineering) (electronics) (optics) (optoelectronics)
- Free surface effect (fluid mechanics)
- Front projection effect (film production)
- Fujiwhara effect (tropical cyclone meteorology) (vortices)
- Full screen effect (computer graphics) (demo effects)
G
- Garshelis effect (electric and magnetic fields in matter) (magnetism) (physics)
- Gauche effect (stereochemistry)
- Generation effect (cognitive biases) (memory biases) (psychological theories)
- Geodetic effect (general relativity)
- Gerschenkron effect (economic development) (economic systems) (economics and finance) (econometrics) (index numbers) (national accounts)r
- Giant magnetoresistive effect (condensed matter physics) (electric and magnetic fields in matter) (quantum electronics) (spintronics)
- Gibbons–Hawking effect (general relativity)
- Gibbs–Donnan effect (biology) (physics)
- Gibbs–Thomson effect (petrology) (thermodynamics)
- Glass house effect (culture) (surveillance)
- Glasser effect (physics)
- Goos–Hänchen effect (optical phenomena)
- Great Salt Lake effect (natural history of Utah)
- Green-beard effect (evolution) (evolutionary biology) (game theory) (selection)
- Greenhouse effect (atmosphere) (atmospheric radiation) (climate change feedbacks and causes) (climate forcing)
- Ground effect (aircraft) (aerodynamics)
- Ground effect (cars) (aerodynamics) (motorsport terminology)
- Gull effect (diodes) (microwave technology) (physics) (terahertz technology)
H
- Haas effect (audio engineering) (sound) (speakers)
- Haldane effect (hematology) (hemoproteins) (protein)
- Hall effect (condensed matter physics) (electric and magnetic fields in matter)
- Hall of mirrors effect (computer graphic artifacts) (Doom) (id software) (video game glitches)
- Halo effect (cognitive biases) (educational psychology) (logical fallacies) (social psychology)
- Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect (quantum optics)
- Harem effect (harem) (human sexuality) (sex) (sexual orientation and identity) (sexual orientation and society)
- Hawthorne effect (educational psychology) (psychological theories) (social phenomena)
- Health effect (health) (health effectors) (pollution)
- Holtzman effect (Dune technology) (physics in fiction)
- Horizon effect (artificial intelligence) (game artificial intelligence)
- Hostile media effect (cognitive biases) (criticism of journalism) (journalism standards) (psychological theories)
- Hot chocolate effect (acoustics) (physics) (wave mechanics)
- Hundredth monkey effect (behavioral science) (New Age) (urban legends)
- Hydrophobic effect (chemical bonding) (supramolecular chemistry)
- Hyperchromic effect (biochemistry)
- Hypersonic effect (acoustics) (hearing) (psychology) (ultrasound)
I
- Ideomotor effect
- Imbert–Fedorov effect (optical phenomena)
- In-camera effect (filming) (special effects)
- Incidental effect (European Union law)
- Indirect effect (European Union law)
- Inductive effect (chemical bonding)
- Inert pair effect (atomic physics) (inorganic chemistry) (quantum chemistry)
- inertial supercharging effect (automobile) (engine technology)
- Inner-platform effect (anti-patterns)
- International Fisher effect (economics and finance) (finance theories) (interest rates)
- Inverse Doppler effect (Doppler effects) (wave mechanics)
- Inverse Faraday effect (electric and magnetic fields in matter) (optical phenomena)
J
- Jack-in-the-box effect (military) (military slang and jargon) (tanks)
- Jahn–Teller effect (condensed matter physics) (inorganic chemistry) (organometallic chemistry) (quantum chemistry)
- January effect (behavioral finance) (economics and finance) (market trends) (stock market)
- Janus effect (effects) (sociology)
- Johnsen–Rahbek effect (classical mechanics) (electrical engineering)
- Joule–Thomson effect (thermodynamics)
- Josephson effect (condensed matter physics) (sensors) (superconductivity)
- Jupiter effect (astronomy) (science book)
K
- Kadenacy effect (automobile parts) (engine technology)
- Kapitsa–Dirac effect (physics)
- Kappa effect (geography) (psychology)
- Kautsky effect (fluorescence)
- Kaye effect (fluid dynamics)
- Ken Burns effect (film techniques)
- Kendall effect (telecommunications)
- Kerr effect (nonlinear optics)
- Keynes effect (economics and finance) (Keynesian economics)
- Keystone effect (technology)
- Kinetic depth effect (perception)
- Kinetic isotope effect (chemical kinetics) (physical organic chemistry)
- Kirkendall effect (chemistry) (metallurgy)
- Klein–Nishina effect (quantum field theory)
- Knife-edge effect (radio frequency propagation)
- Kohn effect (physics)
- Kondo effect (condensed matter physics) (electric and magnetic fields in matter) (physical phenomena)
- Kozai effect (astronomy) (celestial mechanics)
- Kuleshov effect (cinema of Russia) (cognitive biases) (film editing) (film techniques) (psychological theories)
L
- Lake effect (snow or ice weather phenomena)
- Lake Wobegon effect (cognitive biases) (psychological theories) (social psychology)
- Landau–Pomeranchuk–Migdal effect (high-energy physics)
- Larsen effect (audio feedback)
- Late effect (disease)
- Lawn dart effect (psychology)
- Lazarus effect (particle detectors)
- LCD memory effect (display technology)
- Lead–lag effect (control theory) (economics and finance)
- Leakage effect (tourism)
- Learning effect (economics) (economics) (economics terminology)
- Lee–Boot effect (biology) (reproduction)
- Legalized abortion and crime effect (abortion debate) (criminology)
- Leidenfrost effect (physical phenomena)
- Lenard effect (physics)
- Lense–Thirring effect (effects of gravitation) (tests of general relativity)
- Leveling effect (chemistry)
- Levels-of-processing effect (educational psychology) (psychology) (psychological theories)
- Liquid Sky (effect) (lasers) (stage lighting)
- Little–Parks effect (condensed matter physics)
- Lockin effect (physics)
- Lombard effect (phonetics) (human voice) (animal communication) (human communication) (noise pollution)
- Lotus effect (nanotechnology)
- Low-frequency effects (film sound production) (technology)
- Lubbert's effect (medicine) (radiography) (radiology)
- Lunar effect (moon myths) (pseudoscience)
- Luxemburg–Gorky effect (radio communication) (radio spectrum)
M
- (Mach effect: see) Woodward effect (spacecraft propulsion)
- Magnetic isotope effect (physics)
- Magneto-optic effect (electric and magnetic fields in matter) (optical phenomena)
- Magneto-optic Kerr effect (condensed matter physics) (electric and magnetic fields in matter) (optical phenomena)
- Magnus effect (fluid dynamics)
- Mallenby effect
- Malter effect (physics)
- Marangoni effect (fluid dynamics) (fluid mechanics) (physical phenomena)
- Mark Twain effect (economics and finance) (stock market)
- Martha Mitchell effect (psychological theories) (psychosis)
- Massenerhebung effect (trees)
- Maternal age effect (developmental biology)
- Maternal effect (developmental biology)
- Matthew effect (education) (education)
- Matthew effect (sociology) (adages) (social phenomena) (sociology of scientific knowledge)
- McClintock effect (menstruation)
- McCollough effect (optical illusions)
- McGurk effect (auditory illusions) (perception) (psychological theories)
- Meissner effect (levitation) (magnetism) (superconductivity)
- Meitner–Hupfeld effect (particle physics)
- Memory effect (electric batteries)
- Mesomeric effect (chemical bonding)
- Microwave auditory effect (cognitive neuroscience) (espionage) (hearing) (human psychology) (less-lethal weapons) (mind control) (sound)
- Mid-domain effect (macroecology) (biogeography) (biodiversity)
- Mikheyev–Smirnov–Wolfenstein effect (particle physics)
- Milky seas effect (aquatic biology) (biological oceanography) (bioluminescence)
- Miller effect (electrical engineering) (electronics terms)
- Miniature effect (film and video technology) (film techniques) (scale modeling) (scientific modeling) (special effects) (visual effects)
- Misinformation effect (cognitive biases) (psychological theories)
- Missing letter effect (perception) (psychometrics)
- Misznay–Schardin effect (explosives)
- Mohring effect (microeconomics) (transportation)
- Mössbauer effect (condensed matter physics) (nuclear physics) (physical phenomena)
- Mozart effect (education psychology) (popular psychology) (psychological theories) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- Mpemba effect (phase changes) (physical paradoxes) (thermodynamics)
- Mullins effect (rubber properties)
- Multiple-effect humidification (drinking water) (water supply) (water treatment)
- Munroe effect (explosive weapons) (explosives)
N
- Name letter effect (psychology)
- Negative (positive) contrast effect (psychology)
- Negativity effect (cognitive biases) (psychological theories)
- Neglected firm effect (business analysis)
- Nernst effect (electrodynamics) (thermodynamics)
- Network effect (business models) (economics effects) (information technology) (monopoly [economics]) (networks) (transport economics)
- Non-thermal microwave effect (chemical kinetics)
- Nordtvedt effect (astronomy) (astrophysics) (effects of gravitation) (relativity) (theoretical physics)
- Novaya Zemlya effect (arctic) (atmospheric optical phenomena) (atmospheric science) (Novaya Zemlya) (solar phenomena)
- Novelty effect (learning) (psychology)
- Nuclear Overhauser effect (chemical physics) (nuclear magnetic resonance) (physical chemistry) (spectroscopy)
- Numerosity adaptation effect (cognitive science) (optical illusions) (perception)
- Nut Island effect (human resource management) (organizational studies and human resource management)
O
- Observer effect (information technology) (computer programming)
- Observer effect (physics) (physics)
- Observer-expectancy effect (cognitive biases) (cognitive psychology)
- Occlusion effect (biology) (otology)
- Octave effect (effects units)
- Okorokov effect (physics)
- Oligodynamic effect (biology and pharmacology of chemical elements)
- Olivera–Tanzi effect (taxation)
- Online disinhibition effect (Internet culture) (psychology)
- Onnes effect (condensed matter physics) (fluid mechanics) (helium)
- Opposition effect (astronomy) (optical phenomena) (observational astronomy) (radiometry) (scattering, absorption and radiative transfer [optics])
- Osborne effect (marketing)
- Ostrich effect (adages)
- Overconfidence effect (cognitive biases) (psychological theories)
- Overjustification effect (educational psychology) (psychological theories) (psychology)
- Overview effect (spaceflight) (transcendence) (psychology)
P
- Partner effects (economics) (sociology)
- Paschen–Back effect (atomic physics) (atomic, molecular, and optical physics) (magnetism)
- Pasteur effect (beer and brewery) (biochemistry) (fermentation) (metabolism)
- (Paternal effect: see) maternal effect (developmental biology)
- Pauli effect (experimental physics) (parapsychology) (psychokinesis)
- Payne effect (rubber properties)
- Pearson–Anson effect (electronics)
- Peltier–Seebeck effect (thermoelectric effect) (electricity) (HVAC) (physical phenomena) (thermodynamics)
- Peltzman effect (economics of regulation) (University of Chicago)
- Penn effect (economics effects)
- Petkau effect (radiobiology)
- Phaser (effect) (audio effects) (effects units)
- Phillips effect (employment) (inflation)
- Photoacoustic Doppler effect (Doppler effects) (radar signal processing) (radio frequency propagation) (wave mechanics)
- Photoelectric effect (Albert Einstein) (electrical phenomena) (foundational quantum physics)
- Photorefractive effect (nonlinear optics)
- Photothermal effect (particle physics) (photochemistry) (physics)
- Physical effect (physics)
- Picture superiority effect (cognitive biases) (educational psychology) (memory biases) (psychological theories)
- Piezoresistive effect (electrical phenomena)
- Pigou effect (economics effects)
- Placebo effect (bioethics) (clinical research) (experimental design) (history of medicine) (Latin medical phrases) (Latin words and phrases) (medical ethics) (medical terms) (medicinal chemistry) (mind-body interventions) (pharmacology) (psychological theories) (research methods) (theories)
- Plasma effect (demo effects)
- Plateau effect (systems science) (metaphors referring to places)
- Pockels effect (cryptography) (nonlinear optics) (polarization)
- Polar effect (physical organic chemistry)
- Polar effect (genetics) (genetics)
- Pontoon effect (naval architecture)
- Portevin–Le Chatelier effect (engineering) (materials science)
- Position-effect variegation (genetics)
- Positivity effect (aging) (cognition) (cognitive biases) (memory) (memory biases) (psychological theories) (psychology)
- Poynting effect (gases)
- Poynting–Robertson effect (celestial mechanics)
- Practical effect (special effects)
- Pratfall effect (psychology)
- Precedence effect (acoustics) (sound perception)
- Primakoff effect (particle physics)
- Priority effect (ecology)
- Probe effect (software development philosophies) (system administration)
- Proximity effect (atomic physics) (nuclear physics) (physics)
- Proximity effect (audio) (acoustics)
- Proximity effect (electromagnetism) (electrical engineering)
- Proximity effect (electron beam lithography) (condensed matter physics)
- Proximity effect (superconductivity) (superconductivity)
- Pseudocertainty effect
- Pulfrich effect (3D imaging) (optical illusions)
- Purkinje effect (optical illusions) (perception) (vision)
- Pygmalion effect (cognitive biases)
Q
- QMR effect (electric and magnetic fields in matter) (magnetism) (optics) (optical phenomena)
- Quantum confined stark effect (quantum mechanics)
- Quantum Hall effect (Hall effect) (condensed matter physics) (quantum electronics) (spintronics)
- Quantum Zeno effect (quantum measurement)
R
- Raman effect (physics)
- Ramp effect (drug addiction) (drug rehabilitation)
- Ramsauer–Townsend effect (physical phenomena) (scattering)
- Ransom note effect (typography)
- Rashomon effect (psychology)
- Ratchet effect (game theory)
- Rear projection effect (special effects)
- Rebound effect (medical sign)
- Rebound effect (conservation) (economics paradoxes) (energy) (energy conservation)
- Red-eye effect (science of photography)
- Relativistic Doppler effect (Doppler effects) (special relativity)
- Renner–Teller effect (molecular physics)
- Reverse Cerenkov effect (physics)
- Reverse short-channel effect (transistors)
- Ringelmann effect (social psychology)
- Ripple effect (education) (sociology)
- Robin Hood effect (income distribution) (Robin Hood) (socioeconomics) (taxation)
- Roe effect (abortion debate) (abortion in the United States)
- Rope trick effect (nuclear weapons)
- Rossiter–McLaughlin effect (Doppler effects) (extrasolar planets) (spectroscopy) (star systems)
- Rusty bolt effect (radio electronics)
S
- Sabattier effect (solarization) (photographic processes) (science of photography)
- Sachs–Wolfe effect (astronomy) (physical cosmology)
- Sagnac effect (optics) (relativity)
- Samba effect (Brazil) (economy of Brazil) (history of Brazil)
- Sandbox effect (Internet technology) (search engine optimization)
- Scharnhorst effect (quantum field theory)
- Schottky effect (diodes)
- Screen-door effect (display technology) (technology)
- Second gas effect (anesthesia)
- Second-round effect (business) (monetary policy)
- 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)
- 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)
- Sound effect (film techniques) (sound effects) (sound production) (special effects)
- Southwest effect, The (airline terminology) (Southwest Airlines)
- Sow's ear effect (economics and finance) (economics effects)
- 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)
- 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)
- Stormtrooper effect (cartoon physics) (film criticism) (humor) (plot devices) (Star Wars fandom)
- Streisand effect (dynamic lists) (eponyms) (slang)
- Stroop effect (perception) (psychological tests)
- 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)
- Sylvia Plath effect (psychology)
T
- Tamagotchi effect (psychology)
- Tanada effect (botany)
- Telescoping effect (memory biases) (psychology)
- Tesla effect (wireless energy transfer) (electric power transmission systems) (electricity distribution) (energy development) (Nikola Tesla)
- 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)
- Training effect (cardiovascular system) (exercise physiology) (medicine) (respiratory system) (sports terminology)
- Trans effect (coordination chemistry)
- Transfer effect (ornithology)
- Transformer effect (electrodynamics)
- Transverse flow effect (aerodynamics)
- Trench effect (fire)
- Triboelectric effect (electrical phenomena) (electricity)
- Trickle up effect
- Trickle-down effect (marketing)
- Turban effect (anti-Islam sentiment)
- 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)
- 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)
- Wet floor effect (computer graphic techniques) (computer graphics) (Web 2.0)
- Whitten effect (menstruation)
- 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)
- Woodward effect (spacecraft propulsion)
- 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)
Z
- Zeeman effect (atomic physics) (foundational quantum physics) (magnetism) (physical phenomena)
- Zeigarnik effect (cognitive biases) (educational psychology) (learning) (psychological theories)