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  • 71Effective stress — Karl von Terzaghi first proposed the relationship for effective stress in 1936. [http://fbe.uwe.ac.uk/public/geocal/SoilMech/stresses/stresses.htm] For him, the term ‘effective’ meant the calculated stress that was effective in moving soil, or… …

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  • 72Effective method — An effective method (also called an effective procedure) for a class of problems is a method for which each step in the method may be described as a mechanical operation and which, if followed rigorously, and as far as may be necessary, is bound… …

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  • 73effective — adj. 1 producing the result you want VERBS ▪ be, look, prove, seem ▪ make sth ▪ find sth ▪ We find advertising on the radio very effectiv …

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  • 74effective — [[t]ɪfe̱ktɪv[/t]] ♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ in ing, ADJ against n Something that is effective works well and produces the results that were intended. The project looks at how we could be more effective in encouraging students to enter teacher… …

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  • 75effective — effectively, adv. effectiveness, effectivity, n. /i fek tiv/, adj. 1. adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace. 2. actually in operation or in force;… …

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  • 76effective — ef|fec|tive W1S2 [ıˈfektıv] adj 1.) successful, and working in the way that was intended ≠ ↑ineffective ▪ The cheaper drugs are just as effective in treating arthritis. ▪ the painting s highly effective use of colour ▪ Training is often much less …

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  • 77Effective Safety Training — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has written voluminous workplace safety standards and regulations that affect employers and employees in the United States. It is the employer s legal responsibility to educate employees on …

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  • 78effective — adjective 1) an effective treatment Syn: successful, effectual, potent, powerful; helpful, beneficial, advantageous, valuable, useful; formal efficacious Ant: ineffective, weak 2) a more effective argume …

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  • 79Effective rate of protection — In economics, the effective rate of protection is a measure of the total effect of the entire tariff structure on the value added per unit of output in each industry, when both intermediate and final goods are imported. This statistic is used by… …

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  • 80Effective evolutionary time — The hypothesis of effective evolutionary timeK. Rohde: Latitudinal gradients in species diversity: the search for the primary cause, Oikos, 65, 514 527,1992.] attempts to explain gradients, in particular latitudinal gradients, in species… …

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