Usually means: Spin-induced deviation in trajectory.
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  1. Magnus effect: Merriam-Webster
  2. Magnus effect: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Magnus effect: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Magnus effect: Wiktionary
  5. Magnus effect: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Magnus effect: Dictionary.com
  7. Magnus Effect, Magnus effect: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Magnus effect: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. Magnus effect: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Magnus effect: Encyclopedia

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  1. Magnus Effect: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

Definitions from Wiktionary (Magnus effect)

noun:  The phenomenon whereby the path of a spinning object moving through a fluid is deflected in a manner that is not observed when the object is not spinning, explained by the difference in pressure of the fluid on opposite sides of the object.

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