fountain effect

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fountain effect [′fau̇nt·ən i‚fekt]

(fluid mechanics)

The effect occurring when two containers of superfluid helium are connected by a capillary tube and one of them is heated, so that helium flows through the tube in the direction of higher temperature.

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