[kawz-uh
nd-i-fekt, -uhn-] 
| noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others. |
| Main Entry: | cause and effect |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | the concept that concept that an action or event will produce a certain response to the action in the form of another event; also written cause-effect, cause/effect |