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• consequence — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ full ▪ unintended ▪ The Act could have certain unintended consequences. ▪ far reaching, important, profound, significant …   Collocations dictionary

• adverse — adj. Adverse is used with these nouns: ↑circumstance, ↑comment, ↑condition, ↑consequence, ↑criticism, ↑effect, ↑impact, ↑implication, ↑influence, ↑outcome, ↑publicity, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• Unintended consequence — Unintended consequences are outcomes that are not (or not limited to) what the actor intended in a particular situation. The unintended results may be foreseen or unforeseen, but they should be the logical or likely results of the action. For… …   Wikipedia

• Probabilistic risk assessment — (PRA) (or probabilistic safety assessment/analysis) is a systematic and comprehensive methodology to evaluate risks associated with a complex engineered technological entity (such as airliners or nuclear power plants).Risk in a PRA is defined as… …   Wikipedia

• risk — (1) Noun The possibility of loss. (2) Noun The uncertainty of whether events, expected or otherwise, will have an adverse impact. In this context, the adverse impact is usually a quantity of return ( income) or value at risk. (3) Noun the… …   Financial and business terms

• risk — n. & v. n. 1 a chance or possibility of danger, loss, injury, or other adverse consequences (a health risk; a risk of fire). 2 a person or thing causing a risk or regarded in relation to risk (is a poor risk). v.tr. 1 expose to risk. 2 accept the …   Useful english dictionary

• Transferred intent — (or transferred malice in English law) is a doctrine used in both criminal law and tort law when the intention to harm one individual inadvertently causes a second person to be hurt instead. Under the law, the individual causing the harm will be… …   Wikipedia

• Sethu Canal — The Sethu Canal, also known as the Sethu Samudram Ship Canal Project, was inaugurated on 2 July, 2005, by Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India. This proposed navagational canal through a 19 mile (30 km) stretch of shallow sea in the Palk… …   Wikipedia

• Forensic disk controller — A forensic disk controller or hardware write block device is a specialized type of computer hard disk controller made for the purpose of gaining read only access to computer hard drives without the risk of damaging the drive s contents. The… …   Wikipedia

• zoning — /zoh ning/, adj. (esp. in city planning) of or pertaining to the division of an area into zones, as to restrict the number and types of buildings and their uses: zoning laws. [1810 20; ZONE + ING2] * * * Legislative method of controlling land use …   Universalium

• rebound on/upon — have an unexpected adverse consequence for. → rebound …   English new terms dictionary