causation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [kʰɒːˈz̥eɪ.ʃən] (General-American)
- /kɔːˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kɔˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (General-American)
- /kɑˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (cot-caught-merger)
- (Southern-England) audio
- kôz (Received-Pronunciation)
- [kʰoːˈz̥eɪ.ʃən] (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From cause + -ation.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The act of causing.
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(countable, uncountable) The act or agency by which an effect is produced.
Aristotle's views led him to try to describe the kind of causation by which vision is produced, instead of the laws by which it is exercised; and the attempt consisted, as in other subjects, of indistinct principles, and ill-combined facts.
1837, William Whewell, “Earliest Stages of Optics”, in History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Times. […], volume I, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […]; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: J. and J. J. Deighton, →OCLC, book II (History of the Physical Sciences in Ancient Greece), page 100:
- (countable, uncountable) Cause and effect.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| causations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
causationist · reverse causation · causationism · noncausation · causational
Relateds
etiology · aetiology · ætiology
Synonyms
Translations (25)
cmn 起因 (agency by which an effect is produced) · cmn 原因 (act of causing) · de Ursache (act of causing) · mi whakataenga (agency by which an effect is produced) · mi whakataenga (act of causing) · fi syy-seuraussuhde (agency by which an effect is produced) · es causación (act of causing) · cmn 起因 (act of causing) · fi aiheuttaminen (act of causing) · hi कारणता (agency by which an effect is produced) · ru причи́нная связь (act of causing) · fi syy-yhteys (agency by which an effect is produced) · cmn 原因 (agency by which an effect is produced) · cmn 誘因 /诱因 (act of causing) · fi syysuhde (agency by which an effect is produced) · pl przyczynowość (agency by which an effect is produced) · hi कार्यकारण (act of causing) · cmn 誘因 /诱因 (agency by which an effect is produced) · fr causation (act of causing) · fi kausaatio (agency by which an effect is produced) · pl przyczynowość (act of causing) · fi kausaliteetti (agency by which an effect is produced) · mi pūtaketanga (act of causing) · hi कार्यकारण (agency by which an effect is produced) · ko 원인제공 (act of causing)