So I was reading an article late one night, and the writer tried to sound smart and mentioned how water retains a memory and if you splashed a few drops of water on your hand, the water would follow the same path, like how if you throw water on a window, the water will always trace the same path. He called it the something effect, and I can't remember what it was called, any suitably super smart scientists here to solve this dilemma of mine?

Dear nitin,

If I were to drip drops of water on the same spot of a slanted peice of glass the water would tend to roll down in similar ways. This is because the first drop(s) will leave a traced out path of shallow water that the other water drops will tend to follow like little roads.

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