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causal


adjective

  1. of, constituting, or implying a cause.
  2. Grammar. expressing a cause, as the conjunctions because and since.

adjective

  1. acting as or being a cause
  2. stating, involving, or implying a causethe causal part of the argument
  3. philosophy (of a theory) explaining a phenomenon or analysing a concept in terms of some causal relation
adj.

1530s, from Latin causalis “relating to a cause,” from causa (see cause (n.)).

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