動力因

どうりょくいん

Meanings

1. Noun efficient cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?") See also: 作用因 (さよういん).

Kanji

• 動 move. Read as ドウ.
• 力 power. Read as リョク.
• 因 cause. Read as イン.

Word lists

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