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caus.

American  

abbreviation

  1. causative.


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Only State whose board actually favors linking Santa Caus with liquor is New York.

From Time Magazine Archive

This principle was employed by della Porta in 1606, and in 1625 Salomon de Caus devised a steam fountain.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

De Caus in 1615 played with a very simple steam engine, and working steam engines require simple feedback mechanisms.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

It was engineers such as de Caus who, by generalizing the concept of a moving mechanism, made the clockwork universe and the mechanical man possible.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Robert Corbet, of Caus, also gave to the Canons of Haughmond his culture of Gateden, and an assart situate near their culture of Gatteden. 

From The Register of Ratlinghope by Fletcher, W. G. D.