Word Meaning 形相因

けいそういん keisouin

形相因 is read as けいそういん (keisouin) and means formal cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?").

Meaning

English

formal cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")

Reading

Kana

けいそういん

Romaji

keisouin

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 93325 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

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形相

ぎょうそう

look (esp. an angry or upset look)

形影相伴う

けいえいあいともなう

to be together always (esp. married couple)

相似形

そうじけい

similar figures (in geometry)

自己相似図形

じこそうじずけい

fractal

形

かたち

visage

形成

けいせい

repair (e.g. with plastic surgery)

形式

けいしき

form (as opposed to substance)

形見

かたみ

memento (esp. of a deceased person)

形づくる

かたちづくる

to form

形容

けいよう

form

形状

けいじょう

shape

形成外科

けいせいげか

plastic surgery