primary effect

British  

noun

1. psychol the process whereby the first few items on a list are learnt more rapidly than the middle items

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Example Sentences

The test required courts to consider whether the government practice being challenged had a secular purpose, whether its primary effect was to advance or inhibit religion, and whether it encouraged excessive government entanglement with religion.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

The primary effect will be to allow some Venezuelan oil to flow back to the United States, "which will help the U.S. refining system," Wirth said.

From Reuters • Dec. 1, 2022

In Garcia’s district, the primary effect of Jan. 6 was to worsen Americans’ already bleak view of politics, said Hunt Braly, a Valencia attorney.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2022

The primary effect of the radiation was on a layer high in Earth’s atmosphere called the ionosphere.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

The "taboo," which is common to all the Polynesian races, has the primary effect of isolating the "tabooed" person and preventing the use of "tabooed" things.

From In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Verne, Jules