potential effect

collocation in English

meaningsofpotentialandeffect

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/
us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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effect
noun
uk
/ɪˈfekt/
us
/əˈfekt/
the result of a ...
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(Definition ofpotentialandeffectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpotential effect

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Using mean utterance intensity therefore removes thepotentialeffectthat surrounding vowels might have on relative intensity of the intervening consonant.
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To account for thispotentialeffect, we first looked for evidence of size-dependent biomass allocation by comparing linear and exponential regressions between two size components.
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Other factors are more significant than bilingualism and overrule whateverpotentialeffectmight emerge from being bilingual.
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Thepotentialeffectof the change in diverting admissions from care homes was seen to be hampered by organisational influences which vary between authorities.
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The whole point of a risk assessment is to seek ways of lessening a hazard'spotentialeffect.
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Potentialeffectof global warming on mosquito-borne arboviruses.
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This question regards thepotentialeffectof parental input on the crosslinguistic structures apparent in the child's output.
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We have examined apotentialeffectmodification by prior vaccination status.
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In the latter case, public regulation and penalties dictate that we consider our actions in light of theirpotentialeffecton future generations.
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Thepotentialeffectof age as a confounder was addressed by the matched study design.
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There has been much debate as to thepotentialeffectof calcium antagonists on morbidity and mortality in hypertensive patients.
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In the second part of the paper thepotentialeffectof one spouse entering a care home on an older married couple's income is modelled.
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Thispotentialeffectmay of course occur only in subclasses of constructs, modulo other, overriding, factors, such as the argument-modifier distinction.
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I also ignore thepotentialeffectof a conductor's activity on perception.
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Potentialeffectmodification of any neonatal pathological condition on the risk estimates for invasive procedures, neonatal unit and formula feeding was evaluated with stratified analysis.
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However, the literature seldom evaluates thepotentialeffectof bio-pesticide use on ecology, economy and the society.
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Thepotentialeffect, which is more appropriate for evaluation purposes, is estimated when possible unobserved correlations between survival prospects at triage and admission are taken into account.
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This political decision in turn forced the bishops to confront the past interests of their see and thepotentialeffecttheir actions had for its future.
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