causal

caus·al (kô

adj.

1. Of, involving, or constituting a cause: a causal relationship between scarcity of goods and higher prices.

2. Indicative of or expressing a cause.

A word or grammatical element, such as since or because, expressing a cause or reason.

causal·ly adv.

causal [ˈkɔːz^əl]

adj

1. acting as or being a cause

2. stating, involving, or implying a cause the causal part of the argument

3. (Philosophy) Philosophy (of a theory) explaining a phenomenon or analysing a concept in terms of some causal relation

causally adv

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Adj.

causal - involving or constituting a cause; causing; "a causal relationship between scarcity and higher prices"

causative - producing an effect; "poverty as a causative factor in crime"

Translations

causal [ˈkɔːzəl] ADJ → causal

causal [ˈkɔːz^əl] adj [link, relationship, connection] → causal(e)

causal

adj → kausal, ursächlich; causal relationship → Kausalzusammenhang m

causal [ˈkɔːz/əl] adj → causale

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A beginning is that which does not itself follow anything by causal necessity, but after which something naturally is or comes to be.

The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context

It is possible to understand that Napoleon had power and so events occurred; with some effort one may even conceive that Napoleon together with other influences was the cause of an event; but how a book, Le Contrat social, had the effect of making Frenchmen begin to drown one another cannot be understood without an explanation of the causal nexus of this new force with the event.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

There are, it seems to me, prima facie different kinds of causal laws, one belonging to physics and the other to psychology.

The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand View in context

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