causation

«causation» in Mova's school dictionary: The process of one thing making another thing happen… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (causation, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) The process of one thing making another thing happen; cause and effect. tree →

2) (formal) The link showing that one event was really caused by another. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, maths and history lessons pupils learn that two things happening together (correlation) does not always mean one causes the other (causation). Phrases: "correlation is not causation", "cause and causation", "prove causation".

examples

• Scientists did tests to prove causation. tree →
• Ice cream sales and sunburn rise together, but that is not causation; the sun causes both. tree →
• Historians study the causation of wars. tree →
• Correlation does not mean causation. tree →
• We looked at causation in our science experiment. tree →

note

Uncountable, formal word. Do not confuse with "correlation" (two things going up or down together). To show causation in science you usually need a fair test where you change only one thing.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «causation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.