Causation

Cau-sa′tion

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Noun.

The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.

The kind of

causation

by which vision is produced.

Whewell.

Law of universal causation

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the theoretical or asserted law that every event or phenomenon results from, or is the sequel of, some previous event or phenomenon, which being present, the other is certain to take place.

Causation

CAUSATION

,

Noun.

The act of causing or producing; the act or agency by which an effect is produced.

causation

English

Noun

causation ‎(countable and uncountable, plural causations)

The act of causing.
The act or agency by which an effect is produced.
- Whewell
  the kind of causation by which vision is produced
Cause and effect; causality.

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Derived terms

causational

Translations

the act of causing

Chinese:
Mandarin: 原因 (zh) ‎(yuányīn), 誘因 (zh), 诱因 (zh) ‎(yòuyīn), 起因 (zh) ‎(qǐyīn)
Finnish: aiheuttaminen (fi)
French: causation (fr) f

German: Ursache (de) f
Korean: 원인제공 ‎(woninjegong)
Russian: причи́нная связь f ‎(pričínnaja svjazʹ)
Spanish: causación f

agency by which an effect is produced

Chinese:
Mandarin: 原因 (zh) ‎(yuányīn), 誘因 (zh), 诱因 (zh) ‎(yòuyīn), 起因 (zh) ‎(qǐyīn)

Finnish: syy-yhteys
Russian:

causality — see causality

External links

causation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
causation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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