adjective
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.
(geometry, of a cycle or divisor) Having no negative coefficients.
(algebra, of a group action) Such that no group element acts trivially.
(physics, for any effective theory) approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.
noun
(military) a soldier fit for duty