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consequence - a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" |
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effect,
outcome,
result,
event,
issue,
upshot |
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phenomenon any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
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materialisation,
materialization,
offspring an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit)
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aftereffect any result that follows its cause after an interval
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aftermath,
backwash,
wake the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured"
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bandwagon effect the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity; "in periods of high merger activity there is a bandwagon effect with more and more firms seeking to engage in takeover activity"; "polls are accused of creating a bandwagon effect to benefit their candidate"
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brisance the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion
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butterfly effect the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago
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by-product,
byproduct a product made during the manufacture of something else
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change the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
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coattails effect (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party; "he counted on the coattails effect to win him the election"
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coriolis effect (physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere
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dent an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
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domino effect the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)
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harvest the season for gathering crops
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wallop,
impact a severe blow
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influence causing something without any direct or apparent effort
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knock-on effect a secondary or incidental effect
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offshoot,
outgrowth,
branch,
offset a natural consequence of development
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product an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"
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placebo effect any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs
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position effect (genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome
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repercussion,
reverberation a remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later"
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response the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
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fallout,
side effect the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
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spillover (economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure
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consequence - the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual |
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final result,
outcome,
resultant,
result,
termination the final point in a process
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corollary (logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition
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comeupance,
comeuppance,
deserts an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
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fruit the consequence of some effort or action; "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies"
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sequella a secondary consequence
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train public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; "express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction"
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wages,
payoff,
reward a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"
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consequence - having important effects or influence; "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment than security"; "that result is of no consequence" |
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import,
moment |
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inconsequence having no important effects or influence
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significance the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"
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matter that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
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hell to pay dire consequences; "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay"
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