causation

[ kaw-zey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the action of causing or producing.

  2. the relation of cause to effect; causality.

  1. anything that produces an effect; cause.

Origin of causation

1
1640–50; <Medieval Latin causātiōn- (stem of causātiō), equivalent to causāt(us) (past participle of causāre to cause) (Latin caus(a) cause + -ātus-ate1) + -iōn--ion

Other words from causation

  • cau·sa·tion·al, adjective
  • non·cau·sa·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for causation

causation

/ (kɔːˈzeɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the act or fact of causing; the production of an effect by a cause

  2. the relationship of cause and effect

Derived forms of causation

  • causational, adjective

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