causation

English

Etymology

From cause +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

causation (countable and uncountable, plural causations)

1. The act of causing.
2. The act or agency by which an effect is produced.
   • Whewell

     the kind of causation by which vision is produced

3. Cause and effect; causality.

Synonyms

• causality
• ætiology, aetiology, etiology

Derived terms

• causational

Translations

the act of causing

• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: aiheuttaminen (fi)
• French: causation (fr) f
• German: Ursache (de) f
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• Korean: 원인제공 (woninjegong)
• Maori: whakataenga, pūtaketanga
• Russian: причи́нная связь f (pričínnaja svjazʹ)
• Spanish: causación f

agency by which an effect is produced

• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: syysuhde (fi) syy-yhteys (fi), syy-seuraussuhde (fi), kausaatio
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• Maori: whakataenga
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

causality — see causality

Further reading

• “causation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “causation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.