causal

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  1. adjective Of, involving, or constituting a cause: a causal relationship between scarcity of goods and higher prices.
  2. adjective Indicative of or expressing a cause.
  3. noun A word or grammatical element, such as since or because, expressing a cause or reason.

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  • This association may be coincidental or causal, and either mode of directionality is plausible. —  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition current issue
  • Now, the "because" in (4) is causal -- Colonel Mustard's knowledge caused him to be murdered. —  The Prosblogion
  • Correctly stated, the interpretation of the relationship as causal is a spurious interpretation of said relationship. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • If a benefit can be shown to be causal, all things being equal, homeopathy must demonstrate a greater benefit in persons receiving it compared with nothing at all. —  Irish Blogs
  • He agreed there was no evidence to support a finding that suggested a strategy involving former justice minister Penuell Maduna, himself and other Cabinet members, as well as a causal connection between himself the Cabinet and former NPA head Bulelani Ngcuka on the Zuma case. —  Mail & Guardian Online
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  1. = F. Provencal Spanish Portuguese causal = Italian causale, from Latincausalis, from causa, cause: see cause, n.
 

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