Causality

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Causality \Cau*sal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Causalities}.
     1. The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in
        producing its effect.
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              The causality of the divine mind.     --Whewell.


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     2. (Phren.) The faculty of tracing effects to their causes.
        --G. Combe.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  causality
       n : the relation between causes and effects