causation
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Causation
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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World English Dictionary
causation (kɔːˈzeɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act or fact of causing; the production of an effect by a cause |
| 2. | the relationship of cause and effect |
| cau'sational | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
causation
1646, from L. causationem "excuse, pretext," in M.L. "action of causing," from causa (see cause).
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Example sentences
It's a confusion in categories that betrays a breakdown in logic which has confused issues of causation.
In epidemiological mathematics correlation does not mean causation.
He violates the basic rule of research that correlation is not the same thing as causation.
Only that kind of experiment, he says, can suggest anything definitive about causation.
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