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    [Noun]  | "ef*fect" | \ i-ˈfekt \


    1: something that inevitably follows an antecedent (such as a cause or agent) : result, outcome

    2: a distinctive impression

    3: the creation of a desired impression

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English effect, effete "achievement, result, capacity to produce a result, gist, purpose," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French effette, effect, borrowed from Latin effectus "carrying out (of a purpose or task), result, mode of operation," from effec-, variant stem of efficere "to make, construct, bring about, produce, carry out" (from ef-, assimilated form of ex- {see: |ex-:1|ex-:1} + facere "to do, make, bring about") + -tus, suffix of action nouns {mat|fact|};

    [Noun]  | "Au*ger effect" | \ (ˌ)ō-ˈzhā- \


    1: a process in which an atom that has been ionized through the emission of an electron with energy in the X-ray range undergoes a transition in which a second electron is emitted rather than an X-ray photon —called also Auger process

    Origin: 1928 ;

     Pierre V. Auger †1993 French physicist;

    [Noun]  | "Bohr effect" | \ ˈbȯr- \


    1: the decrease in the oxygen affinity of a respiratory pigment (such as hemoglobin) in response to decreased blood pH resulting from increased carbon dioxide concentration in the blood

    Origin: 1922 ;

     Christian Bohr †1911 Danish physiologist;

    [Noun]  | "butterfly effect" 


    1: a property of chaotic systems (such as the atmosphere) by which small changes in initial conditions can lead to large-scale and unpredictable variation in the future state of the system

    Origin: 1976 ;

    [Noun]  | "cause and effect" 


    1: the direct relationship between an action or event and its consequence or result

    Origin: 1599 ;

    [Noun]  | "Co*ri*o*lis effect" | \ ˌkȯr-ē-ˈō-ləs- \


    1: the apparent deflection of a moving object that is the result of the Coriolis force

    Origin: circa 1946 ;

    [Verb]  | "effect" 


    1: to cause to come into being

    2: to bring about often by surmounting obstacles : accomplish

    3: to put into operation

    Origin: 1533 ;

     In part verbal derivative of {see: |effect:1|effect:1}, in part borrowed from Latin effectus, past participle of efficere "to make, bring about" {mat|effect:1|};

    [Plural noun]  | "personal effects" 


    1: privately owned items (such as clothing and jewelry) normally worn or carried on the person

    Origin: 1818 ;

    [Plural noun]  | "sound effects" 


    1: effects that are imitative of sounds called for in the script of a dramatic production (such as a radio show) and that enhance the production's illusion of reality

    Origin: 1909 ;

    [Plural noun]  | "special effects" 


    1: visual or sound effects introduced into a movie, video recording, or taped television production

    Origin: 1907 ;

    [Noun]  | "effects" 


    1: transportable items that one owns;


      * e.g., " ... the family packed up its household effects and moved to Florida "



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    [Noun]  | "effect" 


    1: a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause;


      * e.g., " ... better health is always one of the effects of improved hygiene "




    2: the power to bring about a result on another;


      * e.g., " ... religion has a profound effect on our lives "



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    3: transportable items that one owns;


      * e.g., " ... the family packed up its household effects and moved to Florida "



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    [Noun]  | "side effects" 


    1: as in ramifications, aftereffects;


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    [Verb]  | "effects" 


    1: to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind);


      * e.g., " ... classroom presentations designed to effect greater interest in careers in scientific fields "



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    [Verb]  | "effect" 


    1: to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind);


      * e.g., " ... classroom presentations designed to effect greater interest in careers in scientific fields "



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    [Plural noun]  | "personal effects" 


    1: transportable items that one owns;


      * e.g., " ... put all of your personal effects in the bin so that they can be x-rayed "



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     [ "effects" ]

    1: n.-Personal belongings

      * e.g.,  ... "I need to get my effects." 

     [ "in effect" ]

    1: here and ready; often used in the beginning of RAP songs to indicate the artist is there and ready to jam

      * e.g.,  ... Start of No More by Christian RAP band dc Talk 

     [ "in effect" ]

    2: also "in full effect"

      * e.g.,  ... DCT in effect! 

     [ "The IT effect" ]

    1: The process of how an technical issue solves it self while being explained to an expert in the domain.

      * e.g.,  ... I felt the the IT effect when tried showing the bug I found to Jim in IT but then I couldn't reproduce it. 

     [ "effectivity" ]

    1: In manufacturing, which instances of a complicated product get a particular version of a part. Effectivity was coined at Boeing, in their old factory-control software, to identify a specific airplanes on the assembly line.

      * e.g.,  ... The redesigned part goes on this effectivity and all following ones. 

     [ "effect" ]

    1: effect is one of the most widely misused words in the English vocabulary; mainly because of its counter-part, the word affect.

      * e.g.,  ...  The Effect of drinking too much beer is waking up and finding a semi-nude manatee-sized woman laying in bed next to you. 

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    2: effect is an ocurrence that follows, or that is caused by a previous ocurrence. Not to be confused with 'A'ffect.

      * e.g.,  ...  The OPEC has a direct Effect on oil prices. 

     [ "effectivity" ]

    1: An idiotic modern word that has crept out of technical use in game theory to compete in pseudo-intellectual discourse with the real English word satisfying the same part of speech (effectiveness), which should be used instead in almost every case. Not to be confused with efficacy, which actually has a different meaning.

      * e.g.,  ... The effectivity of the word "effectivity" is nonexistent. 

     [ "Effecting" ]

    1: tweaking it to make it look 20 times more visually attractive than it was before

      * e.g.,  ... Ricky: dude this pictures so dull 

     [ "effectency" ]

    1: David Dobrik's friend Dom made this word up in a vlog David posted while talking about condoms, he was trying to say the word effectiveness, but said the word effectency.

      * e.g.,  ... David: You want your own condoms 

     [ "effective" ]

    1: Useful

      * e.g.,  ... this is effective 

     [ "Mass Effect effect" ]

    1: The aftermath of a night of playing sci-fi role playing game Mass Effect or Mass Effect 2 for the Xbox or PC. This is usually the result of playing more than 4 hours at a time or playing until the sun rises. Symptoms include falling asleep at work or just being disoriented throughout the day. Can alter sleep patterns and cause slurred speech. If this pattern of late night gaming persists it could lead to altered perceptions of reality where you want to make decisions like Commander Shepherd or make constant references to the game in conversations with people who have no idea what you are talking about.

      * e.g.,  ... Example 1 

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