Meanings

principal cause

the twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering)

factor theorem

occasionalism

natural moisturizing factor

zero divisor

blocking factor

factor set

environmental loss time

common factor

the sins of the father shall be visited upon the son

consideration (in contract law, the thing given or done by the promisee in exchange for the promise)

cofactor (biochemistry)

prime factorization

formal cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")

material cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")

efficient cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")

efficient cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")

law of causality

actio libera in causa