consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"

• offspring, materialization, materialisation — something that comes into existence as a result
• aftereffect — any result that follows its cause after an interval
• aftermath, wake, backwash — the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
• brisance — the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion
• butterfly effect — the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago
• by-product, byproduct — a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence
• change — the result of alteration or modification
• coattails effect, coattails — (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same party
• Coriolis effect — (physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere
• dent — an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
• harvest — the consequence of an effort or activity
• impact — a forceful consequence
• influence — the effect of one thing (or person) on another
• knock-on effect — (British) a secondary or incidental effect
• outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset — a natural consequence of development
• product — a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances
• placebo effect — any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs
• position effect — (genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene produced by changing its location in a chromosome
• repercussion, reverberation — a remote or indirect consequence of some action
• response — a result
• side effect — any unwanted secondary effect
• spillover — (economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure

• phenomenon — any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning