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heijastusvaikutus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ripple effect noun The way one event spreads outward to cause a series of further effects, each further from the original cause.

Senses

heijastusvaikutus is used for these senses in English:

  • knock-on effect (British) A secondary, often unintended effect; a repercussion, chain reaction.
  • ripple effect The circumstance in which one event instigates an expansive set of other events.
  • spillover effect (economics) The phenomenon in which an economic event in one context occurs because of something else in a seemingly unrelated context.