"causal ontology" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: causal ontologies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} causal ontology (plural causal ontologies)
  1. Language or other descriptive system which restricts that which can be described to that which can be.
    Sense id: en-causal_ontology-en-noun-0upK8-kv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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