Associations to the word «Effective»

Wiktionary

EFFECTIVE, adjective. Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
EFFECTIVE, adjective. Producing a decided or decisive effect.
EFFECTIVE, adjective. Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
EFFECTIVE, adjective. Actually in effect.
EFFECTIVE, adjective. (geometry) (of a cycle or divisor) Having no negative coefficients.
EFFECTIVE, noun. (military) A soldier fit for duty.
EFFECTIVE DOSE, noun. (medical) The lowest pharmaceutical dosage required to cause effect in 50% of average individuals.
EFFECTIVE ENERGY, noun. (physics) The energy of a heterogeneous (polychromatic) photon beam calculated as if it were monochromatic
EFFECTIVE RADIATED POWER, noun. (radio) the energy of a radio frequency, determined by multiplying the transmitter power output with the antenna gain.

Dictionary definition

EFFECTIVE, adjective. Producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law".
EFFECTIVE, adjective. Able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution".
EFFECTIVE, adjective. Works well as a means or remedy; "an effective reprimand"; "a lotion that is effective in cases of prickly heat".
EFFECTIVE, adjective. Exerting force or influence; "the law is effective immediately"; "a warranty good for two years"; "the law is already in effect (or in force)".
EFFECTIVE, adjective. Existing in fact; not theoretical; real; "a decline in the effective demand"; "confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work done".
EFFECTIVE, adjective. Ready for service; "the fort was held by about 100 effective soldiers".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King