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

Examples of edge effect in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web My current lipstick look as of late has been that hazy dreamy, blurred-edge effect. — Sable Yong, Allure, 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, 1 Nov. 2017

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