secondary effect

collocation in English

meaningsofsecondaryandeffect

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secondary
adjective
uk
/ˈsek.ən.dri/us
/ˈsek.ən.der.i/
less important than ...
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effect
noun
uk
/ɪˈfekt/us
/əˈfekt/
the result of a ...
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(Definition ofsecondaryandeffectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsecondary effect

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Such collapses have the usefulsecondaryeffectof creating flexible verb-nouns, much as to feed back produces feedback.
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Whatever temporary loss of external power occurred was an understandable butsecondaryeffect.
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Thus, reduced inhibition may be asecondaryeffectof the lack of a clearly defined focus on conscious awareness.
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Asecondaryeffectwas the loss of work for village craftsmen and traders as funds were directed more efficiently towards the end-recipients.
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Tissues may also be warmed as asecondaryeffectfrom an elevated temperature in a nearby structure.
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This is an illusion, however, asecondaryeffectthat results from contrastive syllabicity.
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For farmers, thesecondaryeffectof lowering the startup cost is to increase the opportunity cost of resource depletion.
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Asecondaryeffectis that of task order, with either task tending to elicit more reported unknown words when it was done first.
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Asecondaryeffectdue t o the upwelling and independent of the magnitude of the eddy viscosity is the production of an extra gyre near the east coast.
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If the temperature changes in diffusivity were taken into account also, there would be a progressive small modification of the similar profile shapes, but this would be asecondaryeffect.
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It is asecondaryeffectof other things.
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Thesecondaryeffectof these agreements may have implications of a substantial kind on these indirect oil revenues.
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Asecondaryeffectof the revision is to remove the requirement that the prescribed tests shall be applied at the final stage of manufacture.
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They are burned only as asecondaryeffect.
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It need not disturb us if, as asecondaryeffectof such care, the life of the patient may be shortened.
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That is thesecondaryeffectof a national minimum wage and the damage that it would cause to the economy.
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Like me, he has never accepted that wages were basically the cause of inflation, although, of course, they have somesecondaryeffect.
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But that is asecondaryeffect, and in practice today there is already some degree of deterrent to demand.
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When shipping falls down, it creates asecondaryeffectin adding to the balance of payments difficulties.
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That has asecondaryeffectwhich is even more drastic than people realise.
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