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Definitions of effect

noun

1. an outward appearance
2. an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
3. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
4. a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
5. (of a law) having legal validity

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verb

1. produce
2. act so as to bring into existence

Examples of effect

1. By adding the chlorides of strontian, uranium, potassium, sodium, iron, or copper to the liquid, various effects may be produced, and these bodies will be found to produce the same color on the plate that their flame gives to alcohol.
2. The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war.
3. A specially designed speculum is used to help direct the injection into the G-spot, with effects lasting around four months.

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