Image:CoveredRedCarLower9th.jpg|thumb|right|The aftermath of a storm and flood.
English
Etymology
From after + math < OE. m; akin to m¯wan "to mow", German mahd "mowing". See mow.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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- obsolete, or farmers' jargon: A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
- Hence; that which happens after, that which follows. Has a strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
#:In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.
Translations
trans-top|a second mowing
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trans-top|that which happens after, that which follows
Finnish: jälkivaikutus, jälkiseuraus
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