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Webster 1913 Edition

Causality

Cau-sal′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Causalities
.
1.
The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.
The
causality
of the divine mind.
Whewell.
2.
(Phren.)
The faculty of tracing effects to their causes.
G. Combe.

Webster 1828 Edition

Causality

CAUSALITY

,
Noun.
The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.

Definition 2024

causality

causality

English

Noun

causality ‎(plural causalities)

  1. The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.
  2. The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and consequence relationship

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References

  • causality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • causality in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Etymology

From Latin as if *causalitas, from causalis ‎(“causal”), from causa ‎(“cause”); see causal.

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