mediate cause
noun
A cause which operates not directly but by means of an intermediate agency; a cause which underlies or gives rise to other (more apparent) causes.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Francis Bacon (1561–1626), lord chancellor, politician, and philosopher.
- quartern
- quarter-night
- quartern loaf
- quarter note
- quarter of an hour
- quarter-pace
- quarter partition
- quarter peal
- quarter piece
- quarter-pierced
- quarter pipe
- quarter plate
- quarter-ply
- quarter point
- quarter pole
- quarter post
- quarter-pounder
- quarter-race
- quarter-racer
- quarter-racing
- quarter rack
- quarter-repeater
- quarter-rest
- quarter-road
- quarter-round