English-Swedish translations for effective

• effektiv
  Han var också mycket kompetent och effektiv.He was also very capable and effective.
  Politiken måste vara effektiv.The policy should be effective.
  Det är en verkligt effektiv gottgörelse.That is a really effective remedy.
• träder i kraft
  Så vad gör vi under tiden, innan detta nya instrument träder i kraft?So what are we doing in the meantime, before that new instrument becomes effective?

Definition of effective

• Having the power to produce a required effect or effects
• Producing a decided or decisive effect
• Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work
• Actually in effect
• Having no negative coefficients
• a soldier fit for duty

Examples

• The pill is an effective method of birth control
• The president delivered an effective speech!
• How long does it take to make a bunch of civilians an effective military force?
• My effective income after taxes and child support is $500 a month
• The effective radiated power is determined by multiplying the transmitter power output with the antenna gain
• The effective voltage of an alternating current is 0.7 times its peak voltage
• The curfew is effective at midnight

Related words

• cost-effective
• effectively
• effectiveness
• ineffective
• ineffectiveness
• ineffectively
• effective dose
• effective radiated power
• effective resistance