Domino Effect
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CORE DEFINITION
A phenomenon where an event triggers the next in a chain, like dominoes, leading to a series of successive and progressively amplified reactions.
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The domino effect, also known as the domino effect or chain reaction, refers to a chain of events triggered by one event, named after dominoes falling in sequence when arranged at intervals. It typically denotes a series of consecutive events with relatively short time intervals between them. Beyond its literal meaning, it is often used metaphorically to describe causal relationships within systems, such as global finance or politics. The term is frequently used to imply that an event is certain or highly likely to occur because the dominoes have already started falling, or that an event is impossible or highly unlikely, as when a single domino fails to fall.
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The domino effect refers to an event triggering a chain reaction, sequentially causing subsequent events. The mechanism is the cascading transmission of causality between adjacent links.
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