Usually means: Techniques to create illusion, visuals.
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  1. special effect: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. special effect: Merriam-Webster
  3. special effect: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. special effect: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. special effect: Vocabulary.com
  6. special-effect: Wordnik
  7. special effect: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. special effect: Wiktionary
  9. special effect: Dictionary.com
  10. Special-effect, Special effect: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. special effect: Rhymezone
  12. special effect: FreeDictionary.org
  13. special effect: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. special effect: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. special effect: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (special effect)

noun:  (film, television) An effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means, as for example by the digital manipulation of previously filmed footage.

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