Definitions for causationkɔˈzeɪ ʃən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cau•sa•tionkɔˈzeɪ ʃən(n.)

  1. the act or fact of causing.

  2. the relation of cause to effect; causality.

  3. anything that produces an effect; cause.

Origin of causation:

1640–50; < ML

cau•sa′tion•al(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. causing, causation(noun)

    the act of causing something to happen

Wiktionary

  1. causation(Noun)

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

Webster Dictionary

  1. Causation(noun)

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


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