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An unintended consequence, or secondary result, of any action, in addition to the main or intended consequence of that action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: by-product
Antonyms: none provided
An unintended consequence, or secondary result, of any action, in addition to the main or intended consequence of that action.
An unintended consequence of a drug or therapy; usually an adverse effect, and not a beneficial one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: by-product
Antonyms: none provided
An unintended consequence, or secondary result, of any action, in addition to the main or intended consequence of that action.
A change a in state outside of the local environment of the function being called.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
Examples
- The Eiffel programming language is somewhat purist in insisting that functions have no side effects.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: by-product
Antonyms: none provided
any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fallout
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
a secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- severe headaches are one of the side effects of the drug
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: effect
Narrower terms: hairy tongue, furry tongue, black tongue
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
87 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
أَثَر جَانِبِيّ
(ʔaṯar jānibiyy)
— unintended consequence of any action
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Belarusian:
пабо́чны эфе́кт
(pabóčny efjékt)
— unintended consequence of any action
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Bulgarian:
страни́чен ефе́кт
(straníčen efékt)
— unintended consequence of any action
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Catalan:
efecte secundari
— unintended consequence of any action
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Chinese Mandarin:
副作用
(fùzuòyòng)
— unintended consequence of any action
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Czech:
vedlejší účinek
— unintended consequence of any action
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Dutch:
nevenwerking
— unintended consequence of any action
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Dutch:
neveneffect
— unintended consequence of any action
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Esperanto:
kromefiko
— unintended consequence of any action
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Estonian:
kõrvalmõju
— unintended consequence of any action
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Finnish:
sivuvaikutus
— unintended consequence of any action
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French:
effet secondaire
— unintended consequence of any action
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German:
Nebenwirkung
— unintended consequence of any action
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German:
Nebeneffekt
— unintended consequence of any action
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Greek:
παρενέργεια
(parenérgeia)
— unintended consequence of any action
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Hebrew:
תּוֹפָעַת לְוַאי
(tofa'át lvay)
— unintended consequence of any action
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Hindi:
दुष्प्रभाव
(duṣprabhāv)
— unintended consequence of any action
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Hungarian:
mellékhatás
— unintended consequence of any action
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Indonesian:
efek samping
— unintended consequence of any action
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Italian:
effetto collaterale
— unintended consequence of any action
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Japanese:
副作用
(fukusayō)
— unintended consequence of any action
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Korean:
부작용
(bujagyong)
— unintended consequence of any action
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Macedonian:
нуспојава
(nuspojava)
— unintended consequence of any action
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Norwegian Bokmål:
bieffekt
— unintended consequence of any action
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Polish:
efekt uboczny
— unintended consequence of any action
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Polish:
skutek uboczny
— unintended consequence of any action
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Portuguese:
efeito colateral
— unintended consequence of any action
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Russian:
побо́чный эффе́кт
(pobóčnyj effékt)
— unintended consequence of any action
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Russian:
побо́чное де́йствие
(pobóčnoje déjstvije)
— unintended consequence of any action
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Serbo-Croatian:
ну̀спојава
— unintended consequence of any action
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Serbo-Croatian:
nùspojava
— unintended consequence of any action
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Slovak:
vedľajší účinok
— unintended consequence of any action
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Spanish:
efecto secundario
— unintended consequence of any action
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Swedish:
bieffekt
— unintended consequence of any action
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Turkish:
yan etki
— unintended consequence of any action
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Ukrainian:
побі́чний ефе́кт
(pobíčnyj efékt)
— unintended consequence of any action
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Ukrainian:
побі́чна ді́я
(pobíčna díja)
— unintended consequence of any action
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Yiddish:
בײַעפֿעקט
(bayefekt)
— unintended consequence of any action
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Bulgarian:
страни́чен ефе́кт
(straníčen efékt)
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Catalan:
efecte secundari
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Chinese Mandarin:
副作用
(fùzuòyòng)
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Czech:
vedlejší účinek
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Dutch:
nevenwerking
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Finnish:
sivuvaikutus
— medicine: an adverse effect
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French:
effet secondaire
— medicine: an adverse effect
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French:
effet indésirable
— medicine: an adverse effect
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German:
Nebenwirkung
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Greek:
παρενέργεια
(parenérgeia)
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Hindi:
दुष्प्रभाव
(duṣprabhāv)
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Hungarian:
mellékhatás
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Irish:
fo-iamhairt
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Irish:
fo-iarsma
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Italian:
effetto collaterale
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Japanese:
副作用
(fukusayō)
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Korean:
부작용
(bujagyong)
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Latvian:
blakne
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Norwegian Bokmål:
bivirkning
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
biverknad
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Polish:
efekt uboczny
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Portuguese:
efeito colateral
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Romanian:
efect secundar
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Russian:
побо́чный эффе́кт
(pobóčnyj effékt)
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Serbo-Croatian:
ну̀спојава
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Serbo-Croatian:
nùspojava
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Spanish:
efecto secundario
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Swedish:
biverkan
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Swedish:
biverkning
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Thai:
ผลข้างเคียง
(pǒn-kâang-kiiang)
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Tibetan:
ཞོར་རྐྱེན
(zhor rkyen)
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Turkish:
yan etki
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Ukrainian:
побі́чний ефе́кт
(pobíčnyj efékt)
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Ukrainian:
побі́чна ді́я
(pobíčna díja)
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Welsh:
sgileffaith
— medicine: an adverse effect
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Bulgarian:
страни́чен ефе́кт
(straníčen efékt)
— computing: a state change caused by a function call
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Chinese Mandarin:
副作用
(fùzuòyòng)
— computing: a state change caused by a function call
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Czech:
vedlejší účinek
— computing: a state change caused by a function call
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Finnish:
sivuvaikutus
— computing: a state change caused by a function call
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French:
effet de bord
— computing: a state change caused by a function call
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German:
Nebeneffekt
— computing: a state change caused by a function call
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German:
Seiteneffekt
— computing: a state change caused by a function call
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Hungarian:
mellékhatás
— computing: a state change caused by a function call
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Hungarian:
kísérő jelenség
— computing: a state change caused by a function call
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Irish:
fo-iarsma
— computing: a state change caused by a function call
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Japanese:
副作用
(fukusayō)
— computing: a state change caused by a function call
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Korean:
부작용
(bujagyong)
— computing: a state change caused by a function call
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Polish:
efekt uboczny
— computing: a state change caused by a function call
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Russian:
побо́чный эффе́кт
(pobóčnyj effékt)
— computing: a state change caused by a function call
