A particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state or course of things. / The having any influence on the legal state of things, the being legally in force.

(informal) The large boost in sales or popularity of products and services endorsed by Oprah Winfrey on her television chat show.

Of or relating to the theory that planet Earth is flat.

A special zone at the edge of the metro platform that passengers are not allowed to enter, except when the vehicle stands still and is available for getting in or out.

A neighbourhood in the town of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8305). / A suburb of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ5217).

The tendency of small, elegant, and successful systems to be succeeded by overengineered, bloated systems, due to inflated expectations and overconfidence.

The phenomenon whereby the premature announcement of a new product leads customers to cancel or defer orders for the existing product, since it will soon become obsolete.

(software engineering) An antipattern in which a system is made so customizable as to become a (poor) replica of the development platform used to create it.

plural of second-system effect

plural of inner-platform effect