after-effect

after-effect
An effect; especially, one that is experienced only after a delay, or only in the long term.

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  • after-effect — ► NOUN ▪ an effect that follows after the primary action of something …   English terms dictionary

  • after-effect — s. m. [Psicologia] Modificação na avaliação das grandezas e formas de uma figura observada, quando essa percepção se segue à observação duma figura diferente.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa que significa efeito consecutivo …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • after-effect — [n] repercussion aftermath, aftershock, consequence, followup, hangover*, offshoot, trail, wake; concept 230 …   New thesaurus

  • after-effect — poveiksmis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. after effect; remanence vok. Nachwirkung, f; Nachwirkungseffekt, m; Nachwirkungserscheinung, f rus. последействие, n pranc. persistance, f; rémanence, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • after-effect — after ef.fect BrE af|ter|ef|fect AmE [ˈa:ftərıfekt US ˈæf ] n [C usually plural] a bad effect that continues for a long time after the thing that caused it the after effects (of sth) ▪ the after effects of his illness …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • after effect — effect that is sensed after an occurrence; delayed effect; consequence …   English contemporary dictionary

  • after-effect — after effects N COUNT: usu pl The after effects of an event, experience, or substance are the conditions which result from it. ...people still suffering from the after effects of the world s worst nuclear accident... He was suffering from shock… …   English dictionary

  • after-effect — /ˈaftər əfɛkt/ (say ahftuhr uhfekt) noun 1. a delayed effect; effect that follows later. 2. Medicine a result appearing after the first effect due to an agent, usually a drug, has gone …  

  • after effect — noun (countable usually plural) an unpleasant effect that remains for a long time after the condition or event that caused it: the after effects of his illness …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • after-effect — noun an effect that follows after the primary action of something …   English new terms dictionary

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