domino effect

Senso (Inglese)

1. The situation in which one event sets off a chain of additional events.
2. (historical) The theory that, if South Vietnam became communist, it would be followed by Cambodia, Laos, additional Southeast Asian countries, other Asian countries, and likely even elsewhere.

Concetti

effetto a catena

effetto domino

sinonimi

chain reaction

Traduzioni

efeito dominó

Dominoeffekt

domino-effect

φαινόμενο ντόμινο

domino etkisi

efecto dominó

effet domino

domino kuramı

Etimologia (Inglese)

An allusion to a row of dominoes in which the fall of one leads to a cascade of falling pieces.