flow-on effect
flow-on effect noun: the indirect effect of an action that arises when the immediate result causes similar effects in additional settings.
Noun
flow-on effect (plural flow-on effects)
- The indirect effect of an action that arises when the immediate result causes similar effects in additional settings.
- Participants in public worship do develop a little more sympathy than do those who never darken the door of a church, but the effect is small (standardised regression coefficient of .06), and so there is no measurable flow-on effect onto payment ideals.2002, M. D. R. Evans, Jonathan Kelley, Australian Economy and Society, 2001, →ISBN
- Not that the poet must have read assiduously back through the ages (though it will be none the worse for him if he has); but rather that there is a flow-on effect —a kind of apostolic succession.2013, C.K. Stead, Answering to the Language: Essays on Modern Writers, →ISBN
Forms of flow-on effect
| plural | flow-on effects |
|---|---|
| alternative form | flow on effect |
Questions about flow-on effect
- What does flow-on effect mean?
- Flow-on effect means the indirect effect of an action that arises when the immediate result causes similar effects in additional settings.
- What part of speech is flow-on effect?
- Flow-on effect is a noun.
- What is the plural of flow-on effect?
- The plural of flow-on effect is flow-on effects.
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