"aftereffect" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɑːftəɹ.ɪˌfɛkt/ [UK], /ˈæftəɹ.əˌfɛkt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aftereffect.wav [Southern-England] Forms: aftereffects [plural], after-effect [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after ▲ Old English æfter Old English æfter- Middle English after- English after- English effect English aftereffect From after- + effect. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|after-|effect|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after ▲ Old English æfter Old English æfter- Middle English after- English after- English effect English aftereffect [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*after", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "æfter", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "after", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "after", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : [ "ang", ":inh", "gem-pro:*after" ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "æfter", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "æfter-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "after-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "after-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "effect", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "aftereffect", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="aftereffect"> From after- + effect. Head templates: {{en-noun}} aftereffect (plural aftereffects)
  1. Any delayed effect; an effect which is not immediately manifested. Related terms: afterglow, afterlight, adverse effect, side effect, consequences, sequelae Translations (delayed effect): последица (posledica) (Bulgarian), последствие (posledstvie) (Bulgarian), efecte [masculine] (Catalan), 餘波 /余波 (yúbō) (Chinese Mandarin), 後效 /后效 (hòuxiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 影響 /影响 (yǐngxiǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 後果 /后果 (hòuguǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), eftervirkning [common-gender] (Danish), jälkivaikutus (Finnish), effet retardé [masculine] (French), Nachwirkung [feminine] (German), strascico [masculine] (Italian), conseguenza [feminine] (Italian), effetto secondario [masculine] (Italian), 後遺症 (kōishō) (note: for disease or injuries) (Japanese), 余波 (yoha) (note: for incident) (Japanese), 후유증 (huyujeung) (alt: 後遺症/後遺證) (Korean), അനന്തരഫലം (anantaraphalaṁ) (Malayalam), ettervirkning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), efekt [masculine] (Polish), konsekwencja [feminine] (Polish), następstwo n reperkusja [feminine] (Polish), efeito posterior [masculine] (Portuguese), sequela [especially, feminine] (Portuguese), pós-efeito (english: chiefly in pharmacology) [masculine] (Portuguese), secuela [feminine] (Spanish), efecto [masculine] (Spanish), consecuencia [feminine] (Spanish)

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    {
      "word": "adverse effect"
    },
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      "word": "side effect"
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      "word": "consequences"
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        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Malayalam translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations"
      ],
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              91
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          "text": "And then Rook snapped out of it and noticed (in this strange state he was in—an aftereffect of the soma?) as clear as day everything—almost as if a sixth sense had become acute and he was fully aware of his eminent and imminent death and he saw everything crystal clearly and noticed that Anatoli, usually calm as a cucumber on the set, was now sweating and not calm and perhaps claustrophobic?",
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        },
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          "ref": "2017, Nadia Valman, Laurence Roth, The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Jewish Cultures, Routledge, →ISBN, page 130:",
          "text": "Since the Holocaust, fantasies of Jewish power are no longer Salonfähig, no longer openly expressible in “polite” society—at least in Western Europe and North America—even if continuities also persist in antisemitic thinking as do traumatic aftereffects for Jews around the world.",
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          "effect"
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          "effect"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑːftəɹ.ɪˌfɛkt/",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈæftəɹ.əˌfɛkt/",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "posledica",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "word": "последица"
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      "sense": "delayed effect",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "efecte"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "yúbō",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "word": "餘波 /余波"
    },
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      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "hòuxiào",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "word": "後效 /后效"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "yǐngxiǎng",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "word": "影響 /影响"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "lang_code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "delayed effect",
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "eftervirkning"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "word": "jälkivaikutus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "effet retardé"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nachwirkung"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strascico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conseguenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "effetto secondario"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "lang_code": "ja",
      "note": "for disease or injuries",
      "roman": "kōishō",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "word": "後遺症"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "lang_code": "ja",
      "note": "for incident",
      "roman": "yoha",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "word": "余波"
    },
    {
      "alt": "後遺症/後遺證",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "huyujeung",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "word": "후유증"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
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      "lang_code": "ml",
      "roman": "anantaraphalaṁ",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "word": "അനന്തരഫലം"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
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      ],
      "word": "ettervirkning"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "efekt"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "konsekwencja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "następstwo n reperkusja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "efeito posterior"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a disease or accident"
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      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sequela"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "english": "chiefly in pharmacology",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "chiefly in pharmacology",
      "word": "pós-efeito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secuela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "efecto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "delayed effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "consecuencia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aftereffect"
}

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