causation

== English == === Etymology === From cause +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kôz, IPA(key): /kɔːˈzeɪ.ʃən/, [kʰoːˈz̥eɪ.ʃən] (General American) IPA(key): /kɔˈzeɪ.ʃən/, [kʰɒːˈz̥eɪ.ʃən] (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /kɑˈzeɪ.ʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === causation (countable and uncountable, plural causations) The act of causing. The act or agency by which an effect is produced. Cause and effect. Synonym: causality ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== ætiology, aetiology, etiology === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “causation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “causation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.