plural of causal ontology

A secondary cause.

(philosophy) One who believes in a first cause.

plural of causationist

(linguistics) The agent of the caused event in a causative construction.

plural of causator

Shared purpose. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see common, cause.

(philosophy, natural science) The being or event which physically brings about the change or motion that produces another occurrence or thing.

(philosophy, natural science) The stuff or matter of which something is made.

(philosophy, natural science) The design, pattern, or pure concept of a thing, which gives form or structure to its matter.