CAUSAL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary In scientific terms, when people are trying to understand how things work, they are typically trying to understand causal relationships -- what causes something to happen
causal - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Adjective causal (comparative more causal, superlative most causal) Of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing There is no causal relationship between eating carrots and seeing in the dark
causal - WordReference. com Dictionary of English of or relating to a cause: tried to establish a causal relationship between depression and suicide Grammar expressing a cause, as the conjunctions because and since