causal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite involving or constituting a cause; causing
    • a causal relationship between scarcity and higher prices

WordNet

Caus"al adjective
Etymology
L. causalis. See Cause.
Definitions
  1. Relating to a cause or causes; inplying or containing a cause or causes; expressing a cause; causative.
    Causal propositions are where two propositions are joined by causal words. Watts.
Caus"al noun
Definitions
  1. A causal word or form of speech.
    Anglo-Saxon drencan to drench, causal of Anglo-Saxon drincan to drink. Skeat.

Webster 1913