side effect
Noun
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Noun
side effect (plural side effects)
- An unintended consequence of any action in addition to the intended consequence of that action.
- (medicine) An adverse effect, an unintended consequence of a drug or therapy; usually not a beneficial effect.
- (computing) A change in state caused by a function call (typically "side-effect").
- The Eiffel programming language is somewhat purist in insisting that functions have no side effects.
- German: Nebenwirkung, Nebeneffekt
- Italian: effetto collaterale
- Portuguese: efeito colateral
- Russian: побо́чный эффе́кт
- Spanish: efecto secundario
- French: effet secondaire, effet indésirable
- German: Nebenwirkung
- Italian: effetto collaterale
- Portuguese: efeito colateral
- Russian: побо́чный эффе́кт
- Spanish: efecto secundario
- French: effet de bord
- German: Nebeneffekt, Seiteneffekt
- Russian: побо́чный эффе́кт
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