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causality

cau·sal·i·ty [ kaw zállətee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. 
Same as  causation (sense 2)


2. principle of cause and effect: the principle that everything that happens must have a cause

3. quality of causing effect: the action that causes an effect, or the ability to cause an effect

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