Term: final cause: (philosophy) the end or purpose of a thing or process
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: health maintenance organization: group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: hmong: a language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the Hmong
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: c battery: battery used to maintain the grid potential in a vacuum tube
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: geococcyx: roadrunners
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: extremity: an external body part that projects from the body
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: acetylene: a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: gravida: a pregnant woman
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: anglicization: the act of anglicizing; making English in appearance
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: meliorism: the belief that the world can be made better by human effort
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: pinwheel: a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind