caus・alの英語

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈkɔː.zəl/, [ˈkʰoː.z̥əl]
• (General American) IPA: /ˈkɔ.zəl/, [kʰɒː.z̥əl]
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈkɑ.zəl/
• 韻: -ɔːzəl

形容詞

causal (comparative more causal, superlative most causal)

1. of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing

   There is no causal relationship between eating carrots and seeing in the dark.

   • 1982, Frank Jackson, “Epiphenomenal Qualia”, in The Philosophical Quarterly (1950–), volume 32, Oxford University Press, page 133:

     No matter how often B follows A, and no matter how initially obvious the causality of the connection seems, the hypothesis that A causes B can be overturned by an over-arching theory which shows the two as distinct effects of a common underlying causal process.

   • 2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 44:

     Time changes attitudes, and while Hart's actions in driving when not fit to do so were certainly in the causal chain of the Great Heck accident, how many other drivers were out there driving when too fatigued to do so?

使用する際の注意点

• See usage notes at causally.

派生語

関連する語

• cause
• causal-final
• causality
• causation

名詞

causal (plural causals)

1. (grammar) A word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause.

Further reading

• “causal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “causal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

アナグラム

• Calusa, casual, casula