Usually means: Agent or force initiating action.
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  1. efficient cause: Merriam-Webster
  2. efficient cause: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. efficient cause: Collins English Dictionary
  4. efficient cause: Wordnik
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  1. efficient cause: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

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Definitions from Wiktionary (efficient cause)

noun:  (philosophy, natural science) The being or event which physically brings about the change or motion that produces another occurrence or thing.

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