causation

[kaw-zey-shuh n] /kɔˈzeɪ ʃən/
noun
1.
the action of causing or producing.
2.
the relation of cause to effect; causality.
3.
anything that produces an effect; cause.
Origin
1640-50; < Medieval Latin causātiōn- (stem of causātiō), equivalent to causāt(us) (past participle of causāre to cause) (Latin caus(a) cause + -ātus -ate1) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
causational, adjective
noncausation, noun
Can be confused
casualty, causality, causation, cause (see synonym study at cause)
Examples from the web for causation
  • The parties looked at all the information related to causation.
  • Only that kind of experiment, he says, can suggest anything definitive about causation.
  • What is more, the direction of causation is not always clear.
  • It's rare in science and science writing to make definitive statements, particularly about causation.
  • Of course, as anyone with any exposure to statistics knows, correlation is not causation.
  • In practice, however, it is difficult to pinpoint the right direction of causation.
  • causation is nearly as nettlesome a problem as contingency.
  • The researchers have confused correlation with causation.
  • Correlation and causation are not necessarily the same.
  • It's a confusion in categories that betrays a breakdown in logic which has confused issues of causation.
British Dictionary definitions for causation

causation

/kɔːˈzeɪʃən/
noun
1.
the act or fact of causing; the production of an effect by a cause
2.
the relationship of cause and effect
Derived Forms
causational, adjective
Word Origin and History for causation
n.

1640s, from Latin causationem (nominative causatio) "excuse, pretext," in Medieval Latin "action of causing," from causa (see cause).