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causation

1 of 1noun
/kɔˈzeɪʃən/
Forms:causations
1

the action or process of causing a particular thing

  • The study focused on the causation of climate change by human activities.
  • The detective sought evidence of causation to solve the mysterious crime.
  • Establishing causation between smoking and lung cancer requires extensive research.
  • The causation of the software malfunction was traced back to a coding error.
  • Scientists debated the causation of the observed environmental changes.
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