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edge effect

noun

Definition of edge effect 

: the effect of an abrupt transition between two quite different adjoining ecological communities on the numbers and kinds of organisms in the marginal habitat

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 My current lipstick look as of late has been that hazy dreamy, blurred-edge effect. — Sable Yong, Allure, "Why the 'Blurred Lip Stain' Trend Is My Favorite Way to Wear Lipstick," 18 May 2018 Conservationists do already think about edge effects, says Haddad, but typically on the scale of tens of meters—not hundreds. — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, "Forest Animals Are Living on the Edge," 1 Nov. 2017

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1933, in the meaning defined above

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