Definitionen
1.AdjectiveHaving the power to produce a required effect or effects."The pill is an effective method of birth control."
2.AdjectiveProducing a decided or decisive effect."The president delivered an effective speech!"
3.AdjectiveEfficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work."How long does it take to make a bunch of civilians an effective military force?; My effective income after taxes and child support is $500 a month.; The effective radiated power is determined by multiplying the transmitter power output with the antenna gain.; The effective voltage of an alternating current is 0.7 times its peak voltage."
4.AdjectiveActually in effect."effective immediately; The curfew is effective at midnight."
5.AdjectiveHaving no negative coefficients.
6.AdjectiveSuch that no group element acts trivially.
7.Adjectiveapproximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.
8.Nouna soldier fit for duty