CAUSATION


Meaning of CAUSATION in English

/ kɔːˈzeɪʃn; NAmE / noun [ U ] ( formal )

1.

the process of one event causing or producing another event

2.

= causality

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WORD ORIGIN

late 15th cent.: from Latin causatio(n-) pretext (in medieval Latin the action of causing), from causare to cause.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.