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[Odessa Dawn]

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"(2) that there are a variety of climatological, meteorological, astrological, thermological, cosmological, and ecological dynamics that can effect [sic] world weather phenomena …"

Does [sic] in the given context denote that "the meaning in the quote has been reproduced verbatim from the original?"
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[emsr2d2]

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"(2) that there are a variety of climatological, meteorological, astrological, thermological, cosmological, and ecological dynamics that can effect [sic] world weather phenomena …"

Does [sic] in the given context denote that "the meaning in the quote has been reproduced verbatim from the original?"
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Yes. The word used should have been "affect" (not "effect") so the writer adds [sic] after the incorrectly spelt word to show that the error was in the original, not a typo made when reproducing it.