kȯˈzāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Medieval Latin causation-, causatio, from causatus (past participle of causare to cause, from Latin causa ) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : the act or process of causing
scientific causation means that nothing happens arbitrarily but always as the result of a definite chain of causes — H.P.Becker
b. : the act or agency by which an effect is produced
in a complex situation causation is likely to be multiple — W.O.Aydelotte
2. : the relation of cause and effect : causality
the law of causation … is but the familiar truth that invariability of succession is found by observation to obtain between every fact in nature and some other fact which has preceded it — J.S.Mill