root cause
See also: root-cause
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root cause (plural root causes)
- (idiomatic) An initiating cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.
- 2021 September 22, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Hitachi cracks due to fatigue and corrosion”, in RAIL, number 940, page 22:
- However, the report finds that the "root cause has not yet been established".
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initiating cause
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root cause (third-person singular simple present root causes, present participle root causing, simple past and past participle root caused)
- (transitive) The action of identifying the cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest. To root cause something's root cause does not necessarily imply the use of root cause analysis (RCA).