agent
/ˈeɪ·dʒənt/ n [C] (CAUSE)Definition
› a person or thing that produces a particular effect or change: a cleaning agent › An agent is also a chemical substance, organism, or natural force that produces a particular effect by its action.
(Definition of agent n (CAUSE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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