causal sequence

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“The causal sequence is laughter triggers endorphin activation,” he said.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2011

Yet Patrick Kearney preserves with such care the causal sequence of the story that Mr. Dreiser's tragic skeleton, at least, is reproduced in true proportions.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the leading Method it is assumed that when events may be observed to follow one another in a certain way, they are in causal sequence.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

We cannot break the causal sequence without a miracle.

From The Breath of Life by Burroughs, John

To a simple sequence we attach no importance, but a causal sequence or consequence that has been observed is a mainstay of inference.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William