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proximate cause

proximate cause noun: an event which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces an injury, and without which the injury would not have occurred.

Noun

proximate cause (plural proximate causes)

  1. An event which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces an injury, and without which the injury would not have occurred.

proximate cause meaning in Tamil

proximate cause in Tamil

நெருங்கிய காரணம், அண்மைக் காரணம்

Forms of proximate cause

pluralproximate causes

Questions about proximate cause

What does proximate cause mean?
Proximate cause means an event which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces an injury, and without which the injury would not have occurred.
What is proximate cause in Tamil?
Proximate cause in Tamil is நெருங்கிய காரணம், அண்மைக் காரணம். See Proximate cause meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is proximate cause?
Proximate cause is a noun.
What is the plural of proximate cause?
The plural of proximate cause is proximate causes.

Words near proximate cause in the dictionary

  1. proximalizes
  2. proximalizing
  3. proximally
  4. proximalmost
  5. proximate
  6. proximate cause
  7. proximate causes
  8. proximate principle
  9. proximate principles
  10. proximately
  11. proximateness

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