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root cause en · NOUN

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1. (idiomatic) An initiating cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.
   • However, the report finds that the "root cause has not yet been established". 2021 September 22, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Hitachi cracks due to fatigue and corrosion”, in RAIL, number 940, page 22:

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nl grondoorzaak (initiating cause) · gv ard-oyr (initiating cause) · fi perussyy (initiating cause) · ka ძირეული მიზეზი (initiating cause) · de Grundursache (initiating cause) · ba төп сәбәп (initiating cause) · fi juurisyy (initiating cause) · it causa ultima (initiating cause) · it causa scatenante (initiating cause)

root cause en · VERB

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1. (transitive) To identify the cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.
   • Fishbones are a great tool for collecting, categorizing, and root-causing feedback from staff. 2017, Charles Protzman, Joyce Kerpchar, George Mayzell, Leveraging Lean in Ancillary Hospital Services, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 108:
   • After the effect of the bug is observed using post-silicon tests, the next step is to localize the source of error, root-cause bugs, and fix them. 2018, Prabhat Mishra, Farimah Farahmandi, chapter 1, in Post-Silicon Validation and Debug, Springer, →ISBN, page 13:

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