(long-)lasting effect

  • 1long-lasting — adj continuing for a long time ≠ ↑short lived ▪ The impact of divorce on children can be long lasting. long lasting effect/result …

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  • 2long-lasting — /ˈlɒŋ lastɪŋ/ (say long lahsting) adjective continuing, enduring, or having an effect for a long time …

  • 3Long-term potentiation — (LTP) is a persistent increase in synaptic strength following high frequency stimulation of a chemical synapse. Studies of LTP are often carried out in slices of the hippocampus, an important organ for learning and memory. In such studies,… …

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  • 4Long-tail traffic — This article covers a range of tools from different disciplines that may be used in the important science of determining the probability of rare events. The terms long range dependent , self similar and heavy tailed are very close in meaning.… …

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  • 5effect — [[t]ɪfe̱kt[/t]] ♦ effects, effecting, effected 1) N VAR: oft N of/on n, N of ing, adj N The effect of one thing on another is the change that the first thing causes in the second thing. Parents worry about the effect of music on their adolescent… …

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  • 6Long Depression — Not to be confused with long term depression. The Long Depression was a worldwide economic crisis, felt most heavily in Europe and the United States, which had been experiencing strong economic growth fueled by the Second Industrial Revolution… …

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  • 7lasting — last|ing [ læstıŋ ] adjective usually before noun * continuing to exist or have an effect for a long time: We have an opportunity here for a lasting peace. a lasting impression (=a feeling or effect that continues for a long time): He left a… …

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  • 8lasting */ — UK [ˈlɑːstɪŋ] / US [ˈlæstɪŋ] adjective [usually before noun] continuing to exist or have an effect for a long time We have an opportunity here for a lasting peace. a lasting impression (= a feeling or effect that continues for a long time): He… …

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  • 9effect — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 change that is caused by sth ADJECTIVE ▪ decisive, dramatic, far reaching, important, marked, powerful, profound, pronounced, significant …

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  • 10long — long1 W1S1 [lɔŋ US lo:ŋ] adj comparative longer superlative longest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(great length)¦ 2¦(great distance)¦ 3¦(large amount of time)¦ 4¦(particular length/distance/time)¦ 5¦(writing)¦ 6¦(clothing)¦ 7¦(tiring/boring)¦ …

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