size effect

noun

The impact of size on the magnitude or strength of a relationship, property or phenomenon.

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Meanings

nounsize effect (countable and uncountable, plural size effects)

plural size effects

  1. countableuncountablesciencesThe impact of size on the magnitude or strength of a relationship, property or phenomenon.

    The discrepancy between the experiments and the London theory has been interpreted as a size effect, arising from the scattering of normal electrons by the n-s boundary.

    1968, Charles Goethe Kuper, An Introduction to the Theory of Superconductivity, page 92
  2. countableuncountablebusinessThe tendency of smaller stocks to generate larger returns than larger stocks of long periods.
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Chicago

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