geoeffective

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adjective

Capable of causing a geomagnetic disturbance

Scrabble 24

Meanings

adjectivegeoeffective (comparative more geoeffective, superlative most geoeffective)

comparative more geoeffective · superlative most geoeffective

  1. Capable of causing a geomagnetic disturbance

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  2. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  3. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  4. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  5. Englishgeo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  8. Proto-Italic*eks
  9. Latinex
  10. Latinex-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  14. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  15. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  16. Latinfaciō
  17. Latinefficiō
  18. Latineffectīvu
  19. Frencheffectif
  20. Englisheffective
  21. Englishgeoeffective

From geo- + effective.

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Cite this entry
APA

geoeffective. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geoeffective

MLA

“geoeffective.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geoeffective. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “geoeffective,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geoeffective.

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