efficient+cause
31efficient intervening cause — see cause 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
32efficient — efficient, ente (è fi si an, an t ) adj. Terme de philosophie scolastique. Cause efficiente, cause qui produit effectivement son effet, une chose. Le soleil est la cause efficiente de la chaleur. • Aristote admettait comme Platon les causes… …
33efficient — EFFICIENT, ENTE. adj. Qui preduit certain effet. Il n est en usage qu au féminin, et en cette seule phrase du style didactique. Cause efficiente. Le Soleil est la cause efficiente de la chaleur …
34efficient — Efficient, [effici]ente. adj. Qui produit un effet. Il n est en usage qu au feminin, & en cette seule phrase. Cause efficiente, Le soleil est la cause efficiente des metaux …
35Efficient-market hypothesis — Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities Bond market Fixed income Corporate bond Government bond Municipal bond …
36efficient — 01. She is an extremely [efficient] worker, probably the best in this company. 02. In order to improve [efficiency], we will order a new machine. 03. With today s [efficient] household appliances, people have more time to sit around doing nothing …
37efficient — efficiently, adv. /i fish euhnt/, adj. 1. performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort; having and using requisite knowledge, skill, and industry; competent; capable: a reliable, efficient… …
38efficient — ef•fi•cient [[t]ɪˈfɪʃ ənt[/t]] adj. 1) performing or functioning effectively with the least waste of time and effort; competent; capable: an efficient secretary[/ex] 2) satisfactory and economical to use: a more efficient air conditioner[/ex] 3)… …
39Final cause — Cause Cause (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. {Cause}, v., {Kickshaw}.] 1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. [1913 Webster] Cause is substance exerting its… …
40Formal cause — Cause Cause (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. {Cause}, v., {Kickshaw}.] 1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. [1913 Webster] Cause is substance exerting its… …
