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cause 1. a. a ground for legal action; matter giving rise to a lawsuit b. the lawsuit itself 2. (in the philosophy of Aristotle) any of four requirements for a thing's coming to be, namely material (material cause), its nature (formal cause), an agent (efficient cause), and a purpose (final cause) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In sum, while socioeconomic changes can build conditions for political change, "democracies are created not by causes but by causers. Lockheed's Palo Alto Research Laboratories developed a satellite-anchored instrument dubbed the "cryogenic limb array etalon spectrometer," which measures the levels of nitric acid and chlorine nitrate -- key causers of the ozone hole over Antarctica. One distributor carries 1,600 different varieties of cavity causers, while retailers in Beverly Hills make chocolate-rich table centerpieces for parties that will serve as dessert by the end of the night. |
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