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flow-on effects

flow-on effects is the plural of flow-on effect.

Meaning of flow-on effect

Noun

flow-on effect (plural flow-on effects)

  1. 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

Questions about flow-on effects

What is flow-on effects the plural of?
Flow-on effects is the plural of flow-on effect.

Words near flow-on effects in the dictionary

  1. flow'rets
  2. flow'rs
  3. flow-er
  4. flow-on
  5. flow-on effect
  6. flow-on effects
  7. flow-ons
  8. flowabilities
  9. flowability
  10. flowable
  11. flowage

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