Mach effect

The "Mach Effect" can refer to one of the following two things:

Mach bands are an optical illusion that are often referred as "the Mach effect".
The Woodward effect is a purported physics-related, propulsion phenomenon, commonly referred as "the Mach effect". Technically, Woodward refers to "Mach effects" within Einstein's theory of general relativity.

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