Causal

Definition: Causal

Causal

Adjective

1. Involving or constituting a cause; causing; "a causal relationship between scarcity and higher prices".

Date "causal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Health	Pertaining to a cause; directed against a cause. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
CALIBAN	English	Causal Calculus based on Nets	Computing, European Union
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Cause	Adjective: caused; v; causal, original; primary, primitive, primordial; aboriginal; protogenal; radical; embryonic, embryotic; in embryo, in ovo; seminal, germinal; at the bottom of; connate, having a common origin.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Causal Ai Models: Steps Toward Applications (reference) Causal Modeling (reference) Causal Models in Panel and Experimental Designs (reference) Causal Models in the Social Sciences (reference) Cerebral Palsies : Epidemiology and Causal Pathways (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	P. carinii is the causal agent of a severe pneumonitis, resulting from the proliferation of this fungus in the lungs of immunocompromised patients. Pneumocystis carinii is a major cause of death in AIDS patients.Credit: CDC.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Causal hypotheses for SIDS other than apnea should receive more attention. (references)
		Demonstration of the causal agent is the diagnostic procedure in acute Chagas disease. (references)
		In this way, changes in patterns of behavior and causal associations can be estimated. (references)
Economic History	Zimbabwe	Causal factors are global weakness in commodity and metals prices, the pegged exchange rate and limited capital availability, and the acute fuel and hard currency shortages. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Causal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Causal" is used about 1,162 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	1,162	6,617

Expressions using "causal": causal agency ♦ causal agent ♦ causal chain model ♦ causal connection ♦ causal distribution ♦ causal factor ♦ causal model ♦ causal relation ♦ causal relationship ♦ causal system ♦ causal variable. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "causal": causal-corrective, causal-sounding.
	Ending with "causal": multi-causal, non-causal.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "causal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shkakor (causative), shkakësor (causative). (various references)

Arabic		‏سببي (causative, occasional), ‏على (across, at, below, exalt, in, lift, onto, to, upon, vocalic). (various references)

Bulgarian		казуален, причинен (causative, caused). (various references)

Chinese		原� (reason). (various references)

Czech		příèinný, kauzální. (various references)

Danish		kausal. (various references)

Dutch		causaal. (various references)

Farsi		مبنی برسبب , سببی , علی , علتی , بیان کننده علت . (various references)

Finnish		syyperäinen. (various references)

French		causal (causally, causative). (various references)

German		ursächlich (causally, causative), kausal (causally). (various references)

Greek		αιτιώδησ συνάφεια, αιτιολογικόσ (causative). (various references)

Hebrew		סבתי (causative). (various references)

Hungarian		okozati, ok-. (various references)

Indonesian		kawah (caldron, cauldron, crater), ancak-ancak (indifferent, nonchalant). (various references)

Italian		causale (cause, factitive). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� 果関係　 (causal relationship, consequence, nexus), � 果関係 (causal relationship, consequence, nexus). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		い�"がか�"けい (causal relationship, consequence, nexus). (various references)

Korean		원인이 되�" (Causative, Caused). (various references)

Manx		oyragh (causative, occasional, occasioning), cooishagh (artful, cautelous, chatty, curiosity, inquisitive, wily). (various references)

Pig Latin		ausalcay

Portuguese		causal. (various references)

Romanian		cauzal (causative, factitive). (various references)

Russian		причинный (causative). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uzročni (causative, factitive), kauzalni. (various references)

Spanish		causal. (various references)

Swedish		orsaksmässig, orsaks-. (various references)

Thai		เกี่ยวกับสาเหตุ. (various references)

Turkish		sebep gösteren, nedensel, nedeni olan. (various references)

Ukranian		що �" причиною (causative), каузальний (causative, factitive), причинний (addle-brained, addle-pated, batchy, causative). (various references)

Welsh		damweiniol (accidental, adventitious). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "causal": causalgia, causalgias, causalgic, causalities, causality, causally, causals. (additional references)
	Words ending with "causal": multicausal, noncausal. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Causal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accusal, caissa, Casal, Casale, Casell, Cassil, casuar, casural, Caswall, caural, causa, causae, causaul, causual, clausula, clustal, clustalv, Coucal, cousel, cusa, cuspal, Karussell, Kasule, Kausar, Kausel, kruskal, pausal. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "causal" (pronounced kô"zul)
3	-z u l	appraisal, arousal, Basil, chisel, counterproposal, damsel, dazzle, disposal, drizzle, easel, embezzle, fizzle, frazzle, grizzle, guzzle, Hazel, menopausal, muzzle, nasal, nozzle, nuzzle, perusal, pretzel, proposal, puzzle, reappraisal, recusal, refusal, reprisal, sizzle, spousal, weasel, Wurzel.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: casual.
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-l-s-u"
	-1 letter: cauls.
	-2 letters: aals, alas, casa, caul, lacs, saul.
	-3 letters: aal, aas, ala, als, lac, las, sac, sal, sau.
	-4 letters: aa, al, as, la, us.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-l-s-u"
	+1 letter: accusal, calamus, canulas, casuals, causals, clausal, faucals, lacunas, maculas, scapula, vascula.
	+2 letters: acaulose, acaulous, accruals, accusals, aciculas, caesural, calathus, cannulas, capsular, caraculs, carousal, casually, casualty, causable, causally, claustra, labrusca, lacunars, saccular, scapulae, scapular, scapulas, vascular.
	+3 letters: aspectual, auriculas, avascular, backhauls, caladiums, calcaneus, calctufas, canulates, carousals, catapults, causalgia, causalgic, causality, claustral, coagulase, dulcianas, eulachans, glaucomas, guaiacols, jaculates, maculates, noncasual, noncausal, sacculate, salacious, scapulars, simulacra, subapical.
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