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The result or outcome of a cause.

Effect may refer to:

• A result or change
  • List of effects
  • Cause and effect, an idiom describing causality

In pharmacy and pharmacology:

• Drug effect, a change resulting from the administration of a drug
  • Therapeutic effect, a beneficial change in medical condition, often caused by a drug
  • Adverse effect or side effect, an unwanted change in medical condition caused by a drug
• Dose-response effect, the relationship between a drug dose and its effect, plotted on a dose-response curve

In media:

• Special effect, an artificial illusion
  • Sound effect, an artificially created or enhanced sound
    • Effects unit, a device used to manipulate electronic sound
      • Effects pedal, a small device attached to an instrument to modify its sound
  • Visual effects, artificially created or enhanced images

Miscellaneous:

• Effects, ones personal property or belongings
• Effect size, a measure of the strength of a relationship between two variables

See also

• Affect
• Effective
• Efficacy
• Pragmatism, the philosophy of causes and effects