causal

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.

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

causally caus'al·ly adv.

Relating to or emanating from cause.

• c. association — a noxious agent is said to have a causal association with a particular disease when it can be shown that it plays some role in producing the occurrence of the disease. Generally both biological information and statistical information are combined to infer causal associations.
• c. inference — preliminary diagnosis.
• c. modeling — construction of models which set out the various relationships between causal agents and the initiation of a disease.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Involving or constituting a reason for an action or condition.

Tutor's tip: To the "casual" (happening by chance) observer, there may seem to be a "causal" (relating to cause and effect) relationship between the full moon and an increase in car accidents.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: involving or constituting a cause; causing

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - årsags-, kausal
n. - årsagskonjunktion

Nederlands (Dutch)
oorzakelijk

Français (French)
adj. - (gén, Ling) causal
n. - (Ling) mot causal

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kausal, ursächlich
n. - Kausalpartikel

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αιτιώδης

Italiano (Italian)
causale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - causal

Русский (Russian)
причинный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - consitituyendo o implicando una causa
n. - causal

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - orsaksmässig, kausal (gramm.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
原因的, 因果的, 表示原因的词

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 原因的, 因果的
n. - 表示原因的詞

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 원인의, 인과관계의
n. - 원인을 나타내는 말

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 原因の, 因果関係の, 原因を表す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سببي, مبين السبب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סיבתי, מילת סיבה (במשפט)‬
n. - ‮גורם, מילת סיבה (במשפט)‬

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