causal
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː.zəl/ / [ˈkʰoː.z̥əl] / /ˈkɔ.zəl/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin causalis, from Latin causa (“cause”), equivalent to cause + -al, see cause.
- Of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.
“There is no causal relationship between eating carrots and seeing in the dark.”
“No matter how often B follows A, and no matter how initially obvious the causality of the connection seems, the hypothesis that A causes B can be overturned by an over-arching theory which shows the two as distinct effects of a common underlying causal process.”
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin causalis, from Latin causa (“cause”), equivalent to cause + -al, see cause.
- A word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause.