Main Entry: caus·al

Pronunciation: \ˈkȯ-zəl\

Function: adjective

Date: circa 1530

1 : expressing or indicating cause : causative <a causal clause introduced by since>
2 : of, relating to, or constituting a cause <the causal agent of a disease>
3 : involving causation or a cause <the relationship…was not one of causal antecedence so much as one of analogous growth — H. O. Taylor>
4 : arising from a cause <a causal development>

— caus·al·ly \-zə-lē\ adverb