causal
pronunciation
How to pronounce causal in British English:
UK [ˈkɔ:zl]
How to pronounce causal in American English:
US [ˈkɔzəl]
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- Adjective:
- involving or constituting a cause; causing
Word Origin
- causal (adj.)
- 1530s, from Latin causalis "relating to a cause," from causa (see cause (n.)).
Example
- 1. The second lesson is that causal explanations are oversimplifications .
- 2. Causal analysis may also be performed on problems unrelated to defects .
- 3. These particular causal factors vary from patient to patient .
- 4. Causal analysis of a disaster-inducing rainstorm in shandong peninsula .
- 5. But those populations didn 't eat a lot of things - sugar , for instance - and any one of those could have been the causal factor .