The physical, functional, or psychological outcome, event, or consequence that results from specific military or non-military actions
The effect of one thing on another is the change that the first thing causes in the second thing. Parents worry about the effect of music on their adolescent's behavior Even minor head injuries can cause long-lasting psychological effects
If you say that someone is doing something for effect, you mean that they are doing it in order to impress people and to draw attention to themselves. The Cockney accent was put on for effect
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work a symptom caused by an illness or a drug; "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anesthetic"
an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting"
like impact is a synonym for outcome although impact is somewhat more direct than an effect Both terms are commonly used, but neither is a technical term For precision, Treasury Board Secretariat recommends that outcome be used instead of effect
How changing the settings of a factor changes the response The effect of a single factor is also called a main effect Note: For a factor A with two levels, scaled so that low = -1 and high = +1, the effect of A is estimated by subtracting the average response when A is -1 from the average response when A = +1 and dividing the result by 2 (division by 2 is needed because the -1 level is 2 scaled units away from the +1 level)
What results after an action has been taken; the expected or predicted impact when an action is to be taken or is proposed
cause and effect: see cause. to make something happen. Compton effect domino effect Doppler effect greenhouse effect Hall effect Josephson effect Magnus effect photoelectric effect photovoltaic effect sound effect Zeeman effect