Cause and effect theory)Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia. causality [kaw-zal´ĭ-te] the relationship between cause and effect. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier,...
(redirected fromCause and effect theory) Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia cau·sal·i·ty (kô-zăl′ĭ-tē) n.pl.cau·sal·i·ties 1.The principle of or relationship between cause and effect. 2.A causal agency, force, or quality. ...
Thesaurus Medical Legal Idioms Encyclopedia (kôz) n. 1. a.The producer of an effect, result, or consequence. b.The one, such as a person, event, or condition, that is responsible for an action or result. 2.A basis for an action or response; a reason:The doctor's report gave no...
effect consequence outcome nounreason Synonyms reason call need grounds basis incentive motive motivation justification inducement nounaim Synonyms aim movement purpose principle object ideal enterprise end verbproduce Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © ...
Cause definition: a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect. See examples of CAUSE used in a sentence.
Thesaurus Medical Legal Financial Acronyms Idioms Wikipedia Related to cause:cause list,Common Cause cause 1. a.a ground for legal action; matter giving rise to a lawsuit b.the lawsuit itself 2.(in the philosophy of Aristotle) any of four requirements for a thing's coming to be, namely mat...
Thesaurus Medical Related to Cause system:causal agent causality causality,in philosophy, the relationship between cause and effect. A distinction is often made between a cause that produces something new (e.g., a moth from a caterpillar) and one that produces a change in an existing substance ...
effect effectuate engender generate induce invoke make occasion produce prompt result (in) spawn translate (into) work yield See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus Examples of cause in a Sentence Noun His symptoms had no apparent physical causes. She is the cause of all their problems. Th...
Angela Ackerman, co-author of The Emotion Thesaurus, discusses the cause and effect of your characters' behavior.
詞Word 类属Thesaurus 例句Examples 筆順Strokes 字Character 字源Etymology Settingscause kɔːz Main English Definition (名) As a noun Any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results. A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end. A...