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causation Definition

cau·sa·tion (kô zās̸hən)

noun

  1. the act of causing
  2. a causal agency; anything producing an effect
  3. causality
causation Law Definition

n

The act of causing or producing an effect or a result. See also chain of causation, causality, and cause.
causation Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • disease: The targeted population public coverage increased causation of disease to health care.
  • cancer: These results do not by themselves prove causation of cancer, rather they show relevant bio-effects in certain susceptible subsets of the population.

Converse of object

  • imply: The golden rule has to be: correlation does not imply causation!
  • prove: You need to prove causation, then loss, then to quantify the loss.
  • establish: In contrast, it is for the claimant to establish causation.
  • regard: She also agreed that, in exceptional circumstances, the rules regarding causation may be modified on policy grounds.
  • involve: I do not think that circular time involves backward causation of any unacceptable kind.

Adjective modifier

  • probabilistic: The connection we already have involves the Proposition of Neural Indeterminacy, probabilistic causation, and the Correlation Hypothesis.
  • supernatural: The problem with any ' supernatural causation ' is that by definition it cannot be proven.
  • backward: Circular time seems to have committed me to backward causation.
  • cumulative: It therefore widens performance between member states, which through cumulative causation grow greater.
  • downward: The downward causation observed in physics or biology does not have such a strong impact.
  • mental: There is, in some sense, mental causation.

Modifies a noun

  • hearing: She reported for the second time on 1 January 2006 after the causation hearing had taken place.
  • factor: To show clearly all causation factors involved in every accident.

Noun used with modifier

  • accident: Accident causation is a term used to describe the process leading up to an accident.
  • crash: TRL 323 is not a study of crash causation.
  • disease: The mechanism of disease causation still needs to be established for both disorders.
  • agent: Answers to this question tended to be weak as very few candidates discussed or even mentioned the notion of agent causation.
  • cancer: Students should also understand the diverse mechanisms by which different agents may play an important role in cancer causation alongside epidemiological evidence.

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