English Dictionary

efficient cause

名詞

自然性

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

日本語の意味

効率因：哲学や自然科学において、ある出来事や存在が直接的に別の事象の変化や運動を引き起こす原因として働くもの。 / 動因：物事の発生や変化など、明確な作用をもたらす原動力となる要因。 / 直接原因：ある出来事を実際に生じさせる、即時的で実体的な原因のこと。

The engineer argued that the efficient cause of the bridge's collapse was the corroded support beams that failed under load.

技術者は、橋の崩落を物理的に引き起こした効率因は、荷重に耐えられず破損した腐食した支持梁であると主張した。

意味（1）

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

As to its efficient cause, wit owes its production to an extraordinary and peculiar temperament in the constitution of the possessor of it, in which is found a concurrence of regular and exalted ferments, and an affluence of animal spirits, refined and rectified to a great degree of purity.

efficient causes （ plural ）