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material causes

material causes is the plural of material cause.

Meaning of material cause

Noun

material cause (plural material causes)

  1. (natural) The stuff or matter of which something is made.
    • In the production of a statue of Athena for the Parthenon, the bronze is the material cause; the shape and design of the statue is the formal cause; the sculptor is the efficient cause; the honor of the goddess (and the glory of Athens) is the final cause.1998, R. J. Schork, Greek and Hellenic Culture in Joyce, →ISBN, page 176

Questions about material causes

What is material causes the plural of?
Material causes is the plural of material cause.

Words near material causes in the dictionary

  1. material
  2. material action
  3. material breach
  4. material breaches
  5. material cause
  6. material causes
  7. material conditional
  8. material conditionals
  9. material fact
  10. material facts
  11. material handling

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