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单词 efficient cause
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efficient cause


efficient cause

n (Philosophy) philosophy that which produces an effect by a causal process. Compare final cause See also cause7

Efficient Cause


Related to Efficient Cause: Final cause, Formal cause, Material cause

Efficient Cause

That which actually precipitates an accident or injury.

The term efficient cause is frequently used interchangeably with proximate cause—the immediate act in the production of a particular effect—or the cause that sets the others in operation.

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