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Synonyms for after-effect


Grammar : Noun
Spell : af-ter-i-fekt, ahf-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæf tər ɪˌfɛkt, ˈɑf-



Définition of after-effect

  • noun repercussion
Example sentences :
  • Little she knew him, or guessed the after-effect of her words.
  • Extract from : « Olive » by Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)
  • The after-effect of light is modified by the duration of exposure to light.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919 » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • The after-effect at the maximum is a recovery to the normal equilibrium.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919 » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • It was the after-effect of his long and difficult river experience.
  • Extract from : « Carmen Ariza » by Charles Francis Stocking
  • Most of us, perhaps, have felt this after-effect of dreaming on our waking thoughts.
  • Extract from : « Illusions » by James Sully
  • The same is true of the after-effect of the stimulus of light.
  • Extract from : « Response in the Living and Non-Living » by Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • There was no suggestion of an after-effect of the slight concussion of the brain which had rendered him insensible.
  • Extract from : « The Velvet Glove » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • The news seemed to stun both men at first, but the after-effect on each was wonderfully different.
  • Extract from : « Red Rooney » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • The after-effect of intense cold is seen in the condition of inexcitability persisting for a very long period in the morning.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • I have likewise found that the after-effect of cold in abolishing the conduction of excitation is also very persistent.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

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