efficient cause

ɪˈfɪʃənt kɔz
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Translation of efficient cause from English into Turkish

Noun

philosophy causality

Dated
person or thing that makes something happen or start
Dated
etkin neden sebep olan
  • The efficient cause of the fire was a lightning strike.Yangının etkin nedeni yıldırım çarpmasıydı.
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Synonyms and analogies of efficient cause in English

n.initiatorprime moverMore synonyms

Examples of efficient cause in a sentence

  • In this theory, the artist is the efficient cause of the painting.

Translations of "efficient cause" in Context ordered by category and frequency

etkin nedeni

The efficient cause of a thing is the primary agency by which its matter took its form.

Bir şeyin etkin nedeni onun şeklini aldığı birincil kuruluştur.

etkin neden

The final cause tends to be the same as the formal cause, and both of these can be subsumed by the efficient cause.

Nihai neden, resmi neden ile aynı olma eğilimindedir ve bunların her ikisi de etkin neden tarafından sınıflandırılabilir.

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efficient cause: Examples and translations in context

For example, the efficient cause of a baby is a parent of the same species and that of a table is a carpenter, who knows the form of the table.

Örneğin; bir bebeğin etkin nedeni aynı türden ata ve bu tabloda masanın şeklini bilen bir marangoz vardır.

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