You have not described any situation. I guess the applicable term must be, what?
Secondary Effect
Economist
Exhaustion phase
law of comparative advantage
Law of Comparative AdvantageLaw of Comparative advantage
Tell us the situation, and we'll apply Newton's Laws.
Solution
Analytical definition
The term that applies to the piece of bread Mary gave to the duck is "morsel" or "crumb."
The term that applies is voter turnout. It measures the proportion of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election.
You are looking for the term extracellular matrix.