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flow on effect

flow on effect is the alternative form 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

Forms of flow on effect

pluralflow on effects

Questions about flow on effect

What is flow on effect the alternative form of?
Flow on effect is the alternative form of flow-on effect.

Words near flow on effect in the dictionary

  1. flow meter
  2. flow meters
  3. flow motion
  4. flow network
  5. flow networks
  6. flow on effect
  7. flow on effects
  8. flow out
  9. flow production
  10. flow rate
  11. flow rates

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