the point of emanation (something coming forth from a source). It could b e defined also for purposes of communication, as source-point. If you consider a river flowing to the sea, the place where it began would be the source-point or cause, and the place where it went into the sea would be the effect-point and the sea would be the effect of the river. The manfiring the gun is cause; the man receiving the bullet is effect. —How To Live Though an Executive. Final approval 31.10.89