1. an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause; - Example: "God is the first cause" [syn: first cause, prime mover, primum mobile]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
first cause
n 1: an agent that is the cause of all things but does not
itself have a cause; "God is the first cause" [syn: first
cause, prime mover, primum mobile]