causal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- [ˈkɔːz̥əl] (Scotland)
- /ˈkɑ.zəl/ (cot-caught-merger)
- [ˈkʰo̞ːz̥əl] (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈkʰoːz̥əl] (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈkɔːzəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkɔ.zəl/ without the cot–caught merger
- /ˈkɔ.zəl/ (Scotland)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkoːzəl/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin causalis, from Latin causa (“cause”), equivalent to cause + -al, see cause.
Meanings
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Of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.
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.
1982, Frank Jackson, “Epiphenomenal Qualia”, in The Philosophical Quarterly (1950–), volume 32, Oxford University Press, page 133:There is no causal relationship between eating carrots and seeing in the dark.
Time changes attitudes, and while Hart's actions in driving when not fit to do so were certainly in the causal chain of the Great Heck accident, how many other drivers were out there driving when too fatigued to do so?
2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 44:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most causal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more causal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Wold-causal · causal set · anticausal · omnicausal · causalism · causal link · causal verb · intercausal · uncausal · acausal · causal ontology · Granger-causal · noncausal · causal loop · causet · polycausal · monocausal · causalist · bicausal · causal loop paradox · multicausal · isocausal · retrocausal
Relateds
causation · causal-final · cause · causality
Translations (33)
id kausal (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · bg причи́нен (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · nl causaal (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · ru причи́нно-сле́дственный (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · ca causal (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · ru причи́нный (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · fr causal (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · fi kausaalinen (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · ru кауза́льный (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · tl masanhi (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · sv orsaklig (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · br arbennel (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · cs příčinný (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · hi कारणात्मक (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · sv kausal (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · es causal (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · ja 因果の (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · de ursächlich (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · grc αἰτιατικός (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · be прычы́нны (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · fi syyperäinen (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · pl przyczynowy (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · hi हेतुक (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · pt causal (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · cs kauzální (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · uk причи́нно-наслідко́вий (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · pl kauzalny (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · cmn 原因的 (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · gd adhbharach (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · uk кауза́льний (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · de kausal (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · uk причи́нний (of, relating to or being a cause of something) · io kauzala (of, relating to or being a cause of something)