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trench effect

noun

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  1. The phenomenon of a fire rushing quickly up an inclined surface, due to a combination of…

    The phenomenon of a fire rushing quickly up an inclined surface, due to a combination of the Coandă effect (which causes the fire to hug the inclined surface) and flashover (where the surface of a space near the fire — in this case the surface of the more elevated regions of the incline — is heated until it self-ignites).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for trench effect. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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