causal

UK /ˈkɔː.zəl/ US /ˈkɔ.zəl/
adj 1noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

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

1

A word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause.

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