causal mechanism
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcausalandmechanism
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causal
adjective
uk/ˈkɔː.zəl/us/ˈkɑː.zəl/
a relationship, link, etc. between two things in which one causes ...
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mechanism
noun[C]
uk/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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If methane is acausalmechanism, the repetition of the negative carbon excursions could be accounted for by multiple releases of methane.
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Similarly, a covariational pattern, if asserted as causal, presumes a (yet to be identified)causalmechanism.
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The emphasis upon parental discipline practices as acausalmechanismis supported by the evidence from the experimental manipulation studies cited earlier.
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Why would people mistake the experience of will for acausalmechanism?
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First, the logic of transaction costs, which is the keycausalmechanismin his framework, does not appear to be coherently used.
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Inhibition was described as acausalmechanismallowing for the reinsertion of purpose in organic nature.
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Or, as discussed for concentration difficulties, they may indicate the state of an underlyingcausalmechanism.
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The first method is applied to find acausalmechanismlying behind a biological process of development of final crop yield.
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This means that any redefinition of the exogenous cause, or the outcome, changes one's definition of thecausalmechanism.
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Similarly, the argument could be expanded - stretched out - to stretch back in time, or forward in time, thus re-situating thecausalmechanism.
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It is the underlying disease process that is thecausalmechanismthat drives the changes in symptoms and determines the order in which they occur.
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Thecausalmechanismassessed for 2003 was slightly different.
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Thus, the optional rule, with linguistic and social variables, is seen as thecausalmechanismbehind sound change.
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While the observational pattern is the same as for regime voting, thecausalmechanismis different.
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This contradiction suggests that thecausalmechanismof the model may need to be re-considered.
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We found that there is indeed evidence of such acausalmechanism, but that it operates somewhat differently from what is commonly assumed.
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Unfortunately, we are no further ahead in understanding thecausalmechanismlinking depression with later chronic pain.
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In conclusion, a coherent pattern of mass extinction emerges with galactic forcing as the ultimatecausalmechanism.
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First, utilizing the deductively derived theory of audience costs, this study further refines thecausalmechanism.
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Species essence became acausalmechanismwhich operated on any given member of a species and constituted the essence of what that species was.
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