causality

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

causality
    n 1: the relation between causes and effects

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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