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The basic cause of a deviation, from which effective actions can be defined to prevent reoccurrence.
Root Cause (Wiktionary)
English
Pronunciation
Noun
root cause (plural root causes)
- (idiomatic) An initiating cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.
Derived terms
- RCA
Translations
Verb
root cause (third-person singular simple present root causes, present participle root causing, simple past and past participle root caused)
- (transitive) To identify the cause