Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Serial position effect — Graph showing the serial position effect. The vertical axis shows the percentage of words recalled; the horizontal axis shows their position in the sequence. The serial position effect, a term coined by Hermann Ebbinghaus through studies he… … Wikipedia
Von Restorff effect — The Von Restorff effect (named after Hedwig von Restorff), also called the isolation effect, predicts that an item that stands out like a sore thumb (called distinctive encoding) is more likely to be remembered than other items.For instance, if a … Wikipedia
Position sensitive device — A Position Sensitive Device and/or Position Sensitive Detector (PSD) is an optical position sensor (OPS), that can measure a position of a light spot in one or two dimensions on a sensor surface. Contents 1 Principles 1.1 Isotropic Sensors 1.2… … Wikipedia
Serial (film) — Serials, more specifically known as Movie serials or Film serials, were short subjects originally shown in theaters in conjunction with a feature film. Known as chapter plays, they were extended motion pictures broken into a number of segments… … Wikipedia
Serial film — DVD front cover for The Adventures of Captain Marvel, one of the most celebrated serials for both Republic Pictures and of the sound era in general. Serials, more specifically known as Movie serials, Film serials or Chapter plays, were short… … Wikipedia
Mass Effect (video game) — Mass Effect Developer(s) BioWare (Xbox 360) Demiurge Studios (Microsoft Windows[1] … Wikipedia
Principle of double effect — Part of a series on St. Thomas Aquinas … Wikipedia
Doctor Zhivago (TV serial) — Doctor Zhivago DVD cover Genre Drama Directed by … Wikipedia
The Passion (TV serial) — Infobox Television Film name = The Passion format = Religious drama runtime = 3 hours director = Michael Offer writer = Frank Deasy executive producer = Hilary Salmon producer = Nigel Stafford Clark starring = Joseph Mawle James Nesbitt Ben… … Wikipedia
Pockels effect — The Pockels effect, or Pockels electro optic effect, produces birefringence in an optical medium induced by a constant or varying electric field. It is distinguished from the Kerr effect by the fact that the birefringence is proportional to the… … Wikipedia
