Trigger and Effect

noun

• Lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun.
  • synonyms: gun trigger
• A device that activates or releases or causes something to happen.
• An act that sets in motion some course of events.
  • synonyms: induction, initiation

verb

• Put in motion or move to act.
  • usage: "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
  • synonyms: trip, actuate, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
• Release or pull the trigger on.
  • usage: "Trigger a gun"

adjective

• Neat and smart in appearance.
  • usage: "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard"
  • synonyms: clean-cut, trig, trim

• (n.) A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece.
• (n.) A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.

Trigger is a point, threshold, or event which precipitates an action, exercise, or change in behavior. The occurrence is often viewed as the catalyst of an important condition.

noun

• A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.
  • usage: "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
  • synonyms: consequence, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot
• An outward appearance.
  • usage: "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting"
  • synonyms: impression
• An impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived. )
  • usage: "he just did it for effect"
• The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work.
  • synonyms: essence, burden, core, gist
• Of a law. ( having legal validity)
  • usage: "the law is still in effect"
  • synonyms: force
• A symptom caused by an illness or a drug.
  • usage: "the effects of sleep loss"; "the effect of the anesthetic"

verb

• Produce.
  • usage: "The scientists set up a shock wave"
  • synonyms: effectuate, set up
• Act so as to bring into existence.
  • usage: "effect a change"

• (n.) Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
• (n.) Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects.
• (n.) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
• (v.t.) To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.
• (n.) Manifestation; expression; sign.
• (n.) In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.
• (n.) Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.
• (v.t.) To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.
• (n.) Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.
• (n.) Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.
• (n.) The purport; the sum and substance.

(DoD) The physical or behavioral state of a system that results from an action, a set of actions, or another effect.
(DoD) The result, outcome, or consequence of an action.
(DoD) A change to a condition, behavior, or degree of freedom.