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aftereffects

aftereffects is the plural of aftereffect.

Meaning of aftereffect

Noun

aftereffect (plural aftereffects)

  1. Any delayed effect; an effect which is not immediately manifested.
    • And then Rook snapped out of it and noticed (in this strange state he was in—an aftereffect of the soma?) as clear as day everything—almost as if a sixth sense had become acute and he was fully aware of his eminent and imminent death and he saw everything crystal clearly and noticed that Anatoli...2009, Kevin Glavin, “The Kali Club”, in Rock Star’s Rainbow, Irvine, Calif.: Kevin Glavin Publishing, →ISBN, pages 311–312

Questions about aftereffects

What is aftereffects the plural of?
Aftereffects is the plural of aftereffect.

Words near aftereffects in the dictionary

  1. afterdischarge
  2. afterdischarges
  3. afterdrop
  4. afterdrops
  5. aftereffect
  6. aftereffects
  7. afteregg
  8. aftereggs
  9. afterevent
  10. afterevents
  11. afterfeast

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