Domino effect
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The domino effect refers to a small change which will cause a similar change nearby, which then will cause another similar change, and so on in linear sequence, by analogy to a falling row of dominoes standing on end. Domino effect also relates to chain of events.
This analogy can refer to:
- For the "domino effect" in systems engineering, see cascading failure
- In American foreign policy, this analogy led to the name of the Domino Theory of the influence of Communism.
- For the BBC Books novel, see The Domino Effect
