Lexic.us

Definition of Effects

1. Noun. Property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business. "I watched over their effects until they returned"

Definition of Effects

1. Noun. (plural of effect) ¹

2. Noun. (context: usually plural) belongings ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of effect) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Effects

1. effect [v] - See also: effect

Lexicographical Neighbors of Effects

Literary usage of Effects

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"The after-effects of hypnosis tend to become permanent. ... Such after-effects are known as post- hypnotic effects, and the suggestions are described as ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"These detergent effects in ethanol-water 44:56 w/w are very much like those of monomeric solutes, eg, the rate effects of the ionic detergents are very ..."

3. A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David ( Hume (1898)
"V. — Of the effects of Custom. But nothing has a greater effect both to ... Custom has two original effects upon the mind, in bestowing a facility in the ..."

4. The Principles of Psychology by William James (1891)
"The task of tracing out all the effects of any one incoming sensation ... First take effects upon the circulation. Those upon the heart we have just seen. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"Stimulation of cardio-inhibitory nerves in Limulus produces the same effects as those produced in the vertebrate heart by stimulation of the vagi. ..."

6. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"Such as are simple in ther effects must of course be first considered. . i /> i • i '•• effects, or xxxm. In a simple way, that is in one way at a time, ..."

7. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation by Charles Darwin (1864)
"Causes of Variability—effects of Habit—Correlation of Growth—Inheritance—Character of Domestic Varieties—Difficulty of distinguishing between Varieties and ..."

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