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Formal cause
noun
Word Frequency:
0.1
Definitions
1.
noun
(natural science) The design, pattern, or pure concept of a thing, which gives form or structure to its matter.
Synonyms
form
material cause
causa sui
absolute form
phenomenon
matter
contexture
idea
being
protomatter
figuration
subject
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