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Definition of Effective

1. Adjective. Producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect. "An efficacious law"

2. Adjective. Able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively. "The efficient cause of the revolution"

3. Adjective. Works well as a means or remedy. "A lotion that is effective in cases of prickly heat"

4. Adjective. Exerting force or influence. "The law is already in effect (or in force)"

5. Adjective. Existing in fact; not theoretical; real. "Confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work done"

6. Adjective. Ready for service. "The fort was held by about 100 effective soldiers"

Definition of Effective

1. a. Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.

2. n. That which produces a given effect; a cause.

3. n. The serviceable soldiers in a country; an army or any military body, collectively; as, France's effective.

Definition of Effective

1. Adjective. Having the power to produce a required effect or effects. ¹

2. Adjective. Producing a decided or decisive effect. ¹

3. Adjective. Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work. ¹

4. Adjective. Actually in effect. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Effective

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Effective

1. Producing the intended result. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Effective

effascinating effascination effascinations effect effect modifier effect modifiers effect size effect sizes effected effecter

effecters effectibility effectible effecting effection effective effective collision radius effective conjugate effective dose effective energy

effective half-life effective osmotic pressure effective radiated power effective refractory period effective renal blood flow effective renal plasma flow effective temperature effective temperature index effectively effectively drained

Literary usage of Effective

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

1. Oecd Economic Surveys: United Kingdom by OECD. (2005)
"... to expand and improve the offer of education and training will be fully effective, may also depend on financial incentives to acquire human capital. ..."

2. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1899)
"The Effective Rays. — As we have seen in the First Part the various rays of which white light is composed affect protoplasm diversely. ..."

3. Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Denmark; 2006 Review by International Energy Agency (2006)
"... Estimate of Effective Cost of GHG Reduction through Renewables Technology Support Data for first set of figures below relate to historical electricity ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1902)
""The Effective Temperature of the Sun." By WE WILSON, D.Sc.,FRS ... were made in this way, the mean of which gave 6200° C. as the effective so\at ..."

5. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"He bers of Mr. Mill's and Mr. Charles Button's Jamaica committee ; but he probably did still more effective work by urging the despatch of a commission of ..."

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