effects Definition

something that inevitably follows an antecedent (such as a cause or agent)

a distinctive impression

the creation of a desired impression

to cause to come into being

to bring about often by surmounting obstacles : accomplish

to put into operation

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

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

visual or sound effects introduced into a motion picture, video recording, or taped television production

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

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

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

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

a cumulative effect produced when one event initiates a succession of similar events